30 Sep 2021 Damian Hinds MP (@DamianHinds) Decarbonisation—a big deal for small business…
???? for your P&L - consumers value it, & efficiency can cut cost
???????? to get the best PEOPLE - employees care about carbon
???? as PARTNERS look at supply chain emissions too
???? to PROTECT our planet (which is everyone’s business)
#COPEH [Source]
29 Sep 2021 Jeff Smith MP (@JeffSmithetc) RT @UKLabour: If we are serious about climate change we need to upgrade our homes.
Labour will fit out every home that needs it to make su… [Source]
29 Sep 2021 Clive Efford MP (@CliveEfford) RT @UKLabour: If we are serious about climate change we need to upgrade our homes.
Labour will fit out every home that needs it to make su… [Source]
29 Sep 2021 Rachel Blake MP (@RNBlake) Listening to @Keir_Starmer speech to @UKLabour #Lab21 - a serious vision for our country - work, care, equality, security. Committing to guaranteed mental health support, investment in tackling climate change - a programme for Labour government ???? [Source]
29 Sep 2021 Liz Twist MP (@LizTwistMP) In his speech, Keir focused on the things that matter to people across Blaydon constituency: improving the nation’s health, giving young people the skills they need for the future, confronting climate change head on, creating quality jobs and tackling crime. https://twitter.com/UKLabour/status/1443213984287559680 [Source]
29 Sep 2021 James Murray MP (@jamesmurray_ldn) RT @UKLabour: If we are serious about climate change we need to upgrade our homes.
Labour will fit out every home that needs it to make su… [Source]
29 Sep 2021 Valerie Vaz MP (@Valerie_VazMP) RT @UKLabour: If we are serious about climate change we need to upgrade our homes.
Labour will fit out every home that needs it to make su… [Source]
29 Sep 2021 Louise Haigh MP (@LouHaigh) RT @UKLabour: If we are serious about climate change we need to upgrade our homes.
Labour will fit out every home that needs it to make su… [Source]
29 Sep 2021 David Lammy MP (@DavidLammy) The climate crisis. Energy shortages. Gaps in staffing. Children’s education. Mental health. Poverty. Economic growth.
These are the issues that the public and @UKLabour are focussed on today. It is journalists not us politicians who are obsessed with talking identity politics. [Source]
28 Sep 2021 Pippa Heylings MP (@pippaheylings) @sj_robinson Climate leadership by @sj_robinson I'm really happy that Lib Dem leaders like you have signed this letter which I drafted in my new role at @libdemlocalgov seeing urgent need to devolve climate powers to local councils. UK cannot meet net zero targets without local councils [Source]
28 Sep 2021 Jim McMahon MP (@JimfromOldham) RT @DevoConnect: Mike Kane MP, Shadow Aviation Minister, tells the transport fringe,"We didn't have a just transition after 1979 ... Labour… [Source]
28 Sep 2021 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @RachelReevesMP: We cannot dither and delay when it comes to tackling climate breakdown.
The costs will only keep building up.
That's… [Source]
27 Sep 2021 Tan Dhesi MP (@TanDhesi) RT @jfgcomms: Great to hear @TanDhesi say Labour supports a mass programme of rail electrification and tackling the climate crisis is at th… [Source]
27 Sep 2021 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) But she does unveil a big new 'climate investment pledge' of 28billion a year in capital investment [Source]
27 Sep 2021 Steff Aquarone MP (@Steffanaquarone) Norfolk County Council's Cllr for Enviornment says declaring a Climate Emergency is a "little statement". Do you agree? [Source]
27 Sep 2021 Rachel Reeves MP (@RachelReevesMP) Our plan would incentivise business investment, especially where it helps decarbonise the economy.
It's a plan that would reduce uncertainty, reward entrepreneurship, and reward local government for the great work they do to promote economic growth. [Source]
26 Sep 2021 Jim McMahon MP (@JimfromOldham) COP26 is a chance to show our ambition, to maximise the crucial role transport will play in a green recovery. I want us to lead the world not by grounding planes, but by flying proudly on new hydrogen and battery technology. [Source]
26 Sep 2021 Jeremy Corbyn MP (@jeremycorbyn) The climate emergency is here and now.
People around the world are already hurting, even dying from “natural” disasters, forced displacement, food shortages and more,
We must organise for the global day of action for climate justice on 6 November
#WeMakeTomorrow
#COP26
#TWT21 https://x.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1442143256553267207/photo/1 [Source]
26 Sep 2021 Ian Murray MP (@IanMurrayMP) RT @ScottishLabour: ???????????????????????????? Scotland can lead a green energy revolution that puts jobs first.
????♂️ Our plan for an Energy Transition Comm… [Source]
26 Sep 2021 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) .@MattWrack gave a great speech earlier about why the climate crisis is a worker issue, sharing the stories of firefighters and emergency workers around the world who have already lost their lives protecting our communities from this crisis, and the risks to the UK. [Source]
26 Sep 2021 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) The climate emergency is the here and now, and we will need a comprehensive, coordinated response to flooding and other extreme weather events.
Our FBU comrades are right - we need a socialist Green New Deal to require public services and help us tackle the climate crisis #lab21 https://twitter.com/fbunational/status/1441467635628134402 [Source]
24 Sep 2021 Anneliese Dodds MP (@AnnelieseDodds) Under the Conservatives, Britain faces the risk of:
❌More climate delay and inaction
❌More missed climate targets
❌Missing out on the green and digital jobs of the future
❌A stark digital divide
❌An unmanaged, unplanned and unfair transition to net zero [Source]
24 Sep 2021 Ben Obese-Jecty MP (@BenObeseJecty) Fascinating discussion on #R4Today regarding empty shelves and high job vacancies.
Cost-price increases, CO2 shortages, global shipping issues, Covid causing more young people in full-time education and the withdrawal of over-50s from the labour market.
Brexit not blamed once. [Source]
23rd September 2021
23 Sep 2021 Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) Boris Johnson talked a lot about climate change at the UN. Good.
But the time for talk is over. We need action.
His Government's own Climate Committee says he's got no plans to meet UK climate targets.
He should start by stopping the new Cumbria coal mine & Shetland oil field. [Source]
23 Sep 2021 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) Today I called for the COP26 president to explain the Govt's failure to provide new and additional funds to developed nations hit hardest by the climate crisis instead of taking it from the slashed foreign aid budget.
It's outrageous that the Govt are robbing Peter to pay Paul. https://x.com/Wera_Hobhouse/status/1441084950908973056/video/1 [Source]
23 Sep 2021 Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) Capitalism is driving us to climate catastrophe. The political establishment is fiddling while the planet burns.
My generation won't stand for this. Tomorrow, outside Parliament, I'm joining the #ClimateStrike to say we need system change, not climate change.
#UprootTheSystem https://x.com/zarahsultana/status/1441079171841728514/photo/1 [Source]
23 Sep 2021 Nus Ghani MP (@Nus_Ghani) RT @glmforum: For the world to decarbonize by 2050, shipping must decarbonize. Today, more than 150 industry actors and organizations are c… [Source]
23 Sep 2021 Chris Curtis MP (@chriscurtis94) @CharlotteCGill I think that's their *only* redeeming feature. They haven't been attracted by the sexier (and usually unnecessarily expensive/unrealistic) things you could do to combat climate change, but are campaigning for the boring thing that we know actually works. [Source]
23 Sep 2021 David Lammy MP (@DavidLammy) RT @SadiqKhan: With 40 days to #COP26 - I’m determined London will continue to be a world leader in tackling the twin dangers of air pollut… [Source]
21 Sep 2021 Andrew Griffith MP (@griffitha) RT @COP26: ???? NEWS: 100 political Heads of Government have confirmed their attendance to The World Leaders' Summit at #COP26.
This is the l… [Source]
21 Sep 2021 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @mtpennycook: While not enough to make up its fair share, Biden's commitment at #UNGA to double US climate finance to $11.4bn per year i… [Source]
21 Sep 2021 John Glen MP (@JohnGlenUK) This is landmark moment for the UK’s green finance agenda and an important milestone ahead of #COP26.
We set the record for the largest ever green bond issuance, and the biggest “greenium” achieved - and I am particularly pleased with the strong interest from ESG investors. https://twitter.com/hmtreasury/status/1440323982243164160 [Source]
21 Sep 2021 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) While not enough to make up its fair share, Biden's commitment at #UNGA to double US climate finance to $11.4bn per year is very welcome.
Failure on the $100bn is tainting #COP26 negotiations.
Other wealthy nations must now step up so the 2009 pledge can finally be honoured. [Source]
21 Sep 2021 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) RT @UNClimateSummit: Products consumed in UK come from heavily deforested areas in Gran Chaco, Argentina. All forms of #deforestation and t… [Source]
21 Sep 2021 Kerry McCarthy MP (@KerryMP) Now in Westminster Hall debate on Decarbonising Aviation, very ably opened by Labour’s @PutneyFleur, and with @johnmcdonnellMP also making the case against unbridled airport expansion. I’ll be speaking for Labour frontbench. [Source]
21 Sep 2021 Zöe Franklin MP (@ZoeFranklinLD) Shared yesterday but sharing again as important. This application will be producing grey hydrogen where its CO2 emissions aren’t captured - far from compatible with Surrey’s aims to be net-zero carbon by 2030. I encourage local people to add their objections by the end of today. https://twitter.com/ZeroGuildford/status/1439893391731531778 [Source]
21 Sep 2021 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) RT @PEspinosaC: With little time left until #COP26, billions around the world look to their leaders to make the bold & courageous decisions… [Source]
21 Sep 2021 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) Ian Wright, Chief exec of Food and Drink Federation, tells @BBCr4today govt have about "10 days" to sort out the CO2 shortage crisis. 1 week before poultry stunning starts to stop, and a few more days before packaging affected. [Source]
20 Sep 2021 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) RT @alextomo: Johnson rating the chances of the big funding breakthrough needed before the vital climate summit in November in Glasgow as 6… [Source]
20 Sep 2021 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) The amount of economic stimulus that the Johnson government has directed toward decarbonisation has been distinctly underwhelming.
Might be an idea to convince your own Chancellor to lock in a genuine green economic recovery from the crisis before making the case to the world. https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/1439706594888007683 [Source]
19th September 2021
19 Sep 2021 Darren Jones MP (@darrenpjones) For electricity generation, we know how to do this. We need more renewable energy, a smarter energy network with more storage and - probably - sufficient nuclear for the long term. But for heating, there are lots of difficult questions to be answered. [Source]
19 Sep 2021 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) What does the unchecked Climate Change mean for Britain apart from unprecedented weather events? #Marr
It means parts large parts of our planet becoming inhabitable, massive displacement of people, huge migration to northern hemisphere and dangerous potential for conflict. [Source]
19 Sep 2021 Pat McFadden MP (@patmcfaddenmp) RT @SkyNews: New Cross Hospital in Wolverhampton plans to run entirely on renewable energy after green light given to solar farm https://t.… [Source]
18th September 2021
18 Sep 2021 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) RT @Ed_Miliband: With 6 weeks to go until COP26 it’s now or never for the government to get its act together: they must honour our promises… [Source]
18 Sep 2021 Lucy Powell MP (@LucyMPowell) RT @Ed_Miliband: With 6 weeks to go until COP26 it’s now or never for the government to get its act together: they must honour our promises… [Source]
18 Sep 2021 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) RT @LibDems: The climate crisis is an incoming storm. We must act now. Lib Dems have just passed a new policy for the UK to lead with ambit… [Source]
18 Sep 2021 Louise Haigh MP (@LouHaigh) RT @Ed_Miliband: With 6 weeks to go until COP26 it’s now or never for the government to get its act together: they must honour our promises… [Source]
18 Sep 2021 Brian Mathew MP (@BrianMathew4NW) Good point being made by Ed Davey in the Q &A session that tackling climate change is not only about reducing CO2 but empowerment for the rural poor across the world, by providing them with micro grids powered by renewable energy. [Source]
18 Sep 2021 Brian Mathew MP (@BrianMathew4NW) Pleased to be taking part at the virtual Lib Dem Conference this weekend. A good standard of debate on important motions on the Climate Emergency and ways to tackle it. Currently in the debate on the Uyghur genocide. [Source]
17 Sep 2021 Ben Lake MP (@BenMLake) RT @PenparcauForum: ????"...learning about #Climate Change and Responsibility" ???? This looks amazing! Ysgol Llwyn Yr Eos, #Penparcau, #Ceredigi… [Source]
17 Sep 2021 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) Today's OECD figures lay bare the glacial rate of progress on climate finance over recent years.
Honouring the annual $100bn commitment to developing countries is a prerequisite for a successful #COP26.
This issue must be a whole-of-Government priority in the weeks ahead. [Source]
17 Sep 2021 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) RT @LeoHickman: Pressure intensifying ahead of COP26....
"Climate finance provided and mobilised by developed countries for developing cou… [Source]
17 Sep 2021 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) You can’t draw lines around the climate emergency - our response to it should thread through all the work we do. It’s therefore disappointing that the CAC have blocked this vital motion because it talks about more than one subject. I hope they reverse their decision. https://twitter.com/LabGND/status/1438521004070891531 [Source]
16 Sep 2021 Apsana Begum MP (@ApsanaBegumMP) The greatest crisis we face is the climate crisis.
Yet 21 local Labour parties and Labour members are being denied their rights to debate the Labour for a Green New Deal motion at Conference.
This is an appalling decision that should be reversed immediately. [Source]
16 Sep 2021 Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) The greatest crisis facing humanity is the climate crisis.
Labour party delegates to Conference must have the right to discuss the Labour for a Green New Deal motion, submitted by 21 local parties.
It's outrageous that it's been ruled out. [Source]
16 Sep 2021 Damian Hinds MP (@DamianHinds) RT @EastHantsDC: Come and discover what’s already happening to reduce climate change in East Hampshire – and find out how you can play your… [Source]
16 Sep 2021 Andrew Griffith MP (@griffitha) RT @ASOS_news: ????First up is our commitment to be Net Zero. We’ll achieve net zero across our supply chain by 2030 & will be carbon neutral… [Source]
15 Sep 2021 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) @Chrvalu I'm hopinh to Valerie but I'm responding to a debate on COP26 in the main chamber so I can't guarantee I will be able to. Fully aware of the level of concern among residents and I'm doing eveyrything I can to asssit. [Source]
14 Sep 2021 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) This research highlights the deeply damaging impact of climate change on our children and young people. It shows the sad reality that this Govt is failing young people with its inaction.
The UK must show decisive leadership to meet our climate targets.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-58549373 [Source]
14 Sep 2021 Tan Dhesi MP (@TanDhesi) To decarbonise our #transport and strengthen the economy, our nation must invest in #rail infrastructure projects.
Yet key concerns from residents and businesses on cost, delays, project management and the #HS2 eastern leg are being ignored by Govt.
It’s just not good enough. https://x.com/TanDhesi/status/1437839566233292813/video/1 [Source]
14 Sep 2021 David Mundell MP (@DavidMundellDCT) RT @COP26: #UNGA is a critical moment for our planet ????
At the @UN General Assembly, the UK #COP26 Presidency will be calling for urgent gl… [Source]
14 Sep 2021 Nus Ghani MP (@Nus_Ghani) RT @IMOHQ: "The IMO community is highly committed to tackling climate change," says IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim in an interview for M… [Source]
14 Sep 2021 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) The climate crisis is upon us and we have a choice to make. We can listen to those who seek to frustrate and delay bold climate action or we can confront this emergency head on, create millions of decent, well-paid jobs, and secure a socially just and liveable future. [Source]
13 Sep 2021 Nus Ghani MP (@Nus_Ghani) RT @TheHouseMag: "With COP26 taking place next month, industry bodies are now pushing government to work with them to keep the British mari… [Source]
13 Sep 2021 Andrew Griffith MP (@griffitha) RT @KwasiKwarteng: Thanks to our renewable energy auction scheme, we've attracted £billions in private capital to drive down the cost of gr… [Source]
13 Sep 2021 Kit Malthouse MP (@kitmalthouse) An abject lesson in how to kill enthusiasm for action against climate change.
Key workers delayed, school kids late and distressed, police dragged off crime fighting. And thousands of stationary cars pumping out fumes for hours. Idiotic. https://twitter.com/LBC/status/1437327970859986947 [Source]
13 Sep 2021 Damian Hinds MP (@DamianHinds) RT @COP26: "We cannot achieve the scale of changes needed at the expense of the poorest nations and people"
With the @UN General Assembly… [Source]
11 Sep 2021 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) RT @EcoGwen: Less than two months out from #COP26, ministers have shockingly agreed to remove important references to the Paris Agreement f… [Source]
10 Sep 2021 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) RT @mtpennycook: It was a real pleasure to meet with some of those who took part in the UK's first citizens’ climate change assembly in Par… [Source]
10 Sep 2021 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) The Least Developed Countries grouping has issued a statement setting out their concerns about COP26.
- "With less than seven weeks before the LDC Group is due to meet in Glasgow, the COP26 Presidency must clearly communicate their plan for ensuring a safe and inclusive COP”. https://x.com/mtpennycook/status/1436318372354985984/photo/1 [Source]
10 Sep 2021 Graeme Downie MP (@CllrDownie) Record child poverty, 6 hour ambulance waiting, sky rocketing operation waits, local investment slashed, Scotrail strikes, underfunded social care, climate targets missed by miles. Not to worry though the First Minister says "These Things Happen" so it's all OK. ???????? https://twitter.com/leah_stalker/status/1436226889287446529 [Source]
09 Sep 2021 Sarah Olney MP (@sarahjolney1) As the host of #COP26, the UK has a duty to ensure all countries are meeting their climate change commitments. The fact that new trade deal between the UK and Australia will not have strong commitments about cutting emissions is shocking ???? https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1435864357787820032 [Source]
08 Sep 2021 Dan Carden MP (@DanCardenMP) RT @LCRMayor: ???? CLIMATE CHANGE | We've got plans to make our region net zero carbon at least a decade earlier than national targets.
???? But… [Source]
08 Sep 2021 Dave Robertson MP (@DaveR_Lichfield) 3) Continue to ignore global economic drivers by:
- having no plan to increase inward investment or productivity
- ignoring the escalating climate crisis
- signing trade deals which undermine British farming standards [Source]
08 Sep 2021 Katie White MP (@KatieJWhite) If this is true then confirms our fears and concerns raised at the time - in the run up to #COP26 we should be creating a race to the top, not a back door route for lowering standards and increasing emissions from agriculture - come on, we can do better ???????????? https://twitter.com/SamCoatesSky/status/1435541318516854788 [Source]
08 Sep 2021 Ben Lake MP (@BenMLake) RT @CEEbill_NOW: ???? The youngest in society will be those most affected by the onslaught of climate change and ecosystem collapse and yet th… [Source]
07 Sep 2021 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) Two election pledges broken within a day … why not make it 3 and admit you aren’t going to get 50,000 nurses or 250,000 childcare places or reach net zero! And has anyone heard more about the #DemocracyCommission #BrokenGovtBrokenPromises [Source]
07 Sep 2021 Wera Hobhouse MP (@Wera_Hobhouse) Hydrogen is vital to achieving net zero. A net zero energy system depends on using all low and zero carbon energy sources which means using hydrogen alongside carbon zero power through wind, nuclear and solar power. The gov needs to instil confidence in the growth of green energy https://twitter.com/Wera_Hobhouse/status/1435216943351488515 [Source]
05 Sep 2021 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) This needs careful balancing - if our children abs grandchildren will bear the greatest burden we need to see our system shift to support the issues that impact them too - housing crisis, skills, climate crisis, mental health. Currently the dice are constantly against them https://twitter.com/Jim_AFCB/status/1434568889132888065 [Source]
03 Sep 2021 Chris Curtis MP (@chriscurtis94) @aedwardslevy I assume it doesn't hold anymore, but I remember spotting a few years back that people were more likely to believe in climate change during summer. [Source]
03 Sep 2021 Matthew Pennycook MP (@mtpennycook) RT @Mabeytweet: Playing geopolitical chicken with climate change is not a good look for any country - especially one who wants support from… [Source]
2nd September 2021
02 Sep 2021 Vikki Slade MP (@VikkiSlade72) This makes me livid. We’ve seen businesses given grants to fund ventilation, set up outside & firms doing all they can to keep us safe but this halfwit can’t even use the summer holidays to get CO2 monitors out to schools & is happy to throw kids & teachers under the bus! https://twitter.com/ahmedaftab68/status/1433421353273552913 [Source]
02 Sep 2021 Helen Morgan MP (@HelenMorganMP) RT @Haggis_UK: Charlie Stayt - Have the schools got those CO2 monitors today?
Gavin Williamson - They are being rolled out during this te… [Source]
02 Sep 2021 Sarah Olney MP (@sarahjolney1) RT @LibDems: The climate crisis demands urgent action. Britain must be a global leader in the fight.
So we've created a 5-point Green Rec… [Source]
02 Sep 2021 Rebecca Harris MP (@RebeccaHarrisMP) RT @COP26: Ahead of #COP26, the UK is taking four key goals to governments across the world
1️⃣ Limit global warming to 1.5°C
2️⃣ Enable c… [Source]
1st September 2021
01 Sep 2021 David Baines MP (@DavidBainesStH) @mascarandy@sadfishrl@MikeNearLeigh And we won’t tackle the climate crisis by saving a small proportion of greenbelt. Happy to discuss what we are doing to address the climate emergency, which goes far beyond the shallow and narrow arguments some local indies and greens make noise about. [Source]