It’s taken years, but at last there’s real hope for meaningful climate action | Caroline Lucas
The young protesters have been inspiring. Politicians have to respond - and our Green New Deal bill will slash carbon emissions
It's been more than 10 years in the making, and is the top demand of the youth strikers gathering on Friday for the UK's largest ever climate protest - which is why Friday is also the first attempt in Britain to put legislation in place to make a Green New Deal a reality for our country. Working with the Labour MP Clive Lewis, I am launching the full version of a Green New Deal bill (formal title, the decarbonisation and economic strategy bill), which sets out a transformative programme driven by the principles of justice and equity. It aims to move our economy away from its harmful dependence on carbon, at the scale and speed demanded by the science, and to build a society that lives within its ecological limits while reversing social and economic inequality.
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