Author: Global Climate Justice

On 26th September 2021, Labour’s Conference overwhelmingly passed a composite Green New Deal motion rooted in internationalist solidarity and a deep understanding of the interconnectedness of climate struggles across the globe. Thanks to the Global Climate Justice motion that originated within Labour International for a Green New Deal, Conference committed Labour to support: debt relief … Continue reading Labour International for a Green new deal Wins Big at the Labour Conference

It’s about power, and how it is exercised. That is the conclusion of a team of experts who set themselves the task of answering the key question: “After three decades, why haven’t we bent the emissions curve?” Lead researchers Kevin Anderson, from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Manchester, and Isak Stoddard, … Continue reading It’s power, stupid!

On Sunday 26th September 2021, the Labour Party Conference in Brighton overwhelmingly passed a comprehensive composite motion providing an ambitious blueprint for a Green New Deal programme rooted in internationalist solidarity. Translating the will of Conference into concrete policy within the next manifesto will be an uphill struggle, as the leadership’s repeated refusal to back … Continue reading Climate Justice and a Green New Deal NOW! : a view from the grassroots

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With only a week to go before the Labour Party conference there was anger and dismay among GND activist networks this weekend after news broke that Labour’s Conference Arrangements Committee (CAC) had ruled the Labour for a Green New Deal campaign motion out of order: https://labourlist.org/2021/09/labour-for-a-green-new-deal-conference-motion-ruled-out-of-order/ Having been backed by 21 CLPs and being very … Continue reading Mixed messages from the Labour Party on a Green New Deal

Seven young Germans have been on hunger strike since August 30th. They believe the negligence of political leaders towards the climate emergency is a crime of historic proportions and they are making their action to put the spotlight on those currently contesting the German elections. See the full story below, as reported by DW.com, a … Continue reading German Climate Activists put their lives on the line

In an inspiring recent development UK MPs Clive Lewis and Caroline Lucas have joined forces with elected representatives from Brazil, Costa Rica, France and the US to found a new international organisation, the Global Alliance for a Green New Deal. Their aim is to build a network of elected representatives to bring pressure on legislatures … Continue reading UK MPs join with radical politicians from around the globe form a new Global Alliance for a Green New Deal