Young Fabians Environment Network

We released a series of blogs last year on action Labour councils can take on the climate crisis - see them here youngfabians.org.uk/ending_the_loc… youngfabians.org.uk/how_local_coun… youngfabians.org.uk/climate_and_co… youngfabians.org.uk/rethinking_loc…

Lambeth's council ambitious action on sustainability is an example of the difference Labour in power can make - read about the Kerbside Strategy here love.lambeth.gov.uk/lambeth-kerbsi…

Great to have the opportunity to discuss sustainability in local govt with @LambethLabour's @RezinaChowdhury - lots of really interesting ideas covered around active transport, green public spaces, biodiversity and more! Thank you to Rezina for coming to speak with us

Join us for this event this evening!

Really looking forward to our Environment Network event next week with @RezinaChowdhury of Lambeth Council - all about sustainability in local government 🌿♻️ Check it out and sign up here -> youngfabians.org.uk/councils_and_t… @EnvironmentYF

Our new Women's Officer @emraylot wrote this piece last week for the YF Blog explaining why gender equity is critical to climate action - you can read it here 👇 youngfabians.org.uk/reading_betwee…

The pace & scale of #climateaction is insufficient to tackle #climatechange. In 2018, #IPCC highlighted the scale of the challenge required to keep warming to 1.5°C. 5 years on, the Synthesis Report shows that the challenge has become even greater. 👉 bit.ly/SRYRpt23

Former @EnvironmentYF committee member and former YF chair @LauraHall1995 has written a policy position paper for her organisation @ICE_engineers on climate resilience and digital solutions for the UK's infrastructure - you can read it here linkedin.com/posts/laura-cu…

🚨 NEW: Net zero policy tracker 🌱 The government has announced policies to cover 87% of all emissions reductions needed between 2028 & 2032 to meet its own #NetZero targets. ❌ But only 28% of these have policy frameworks in place for delivery 👉 bit.ly/3Fy1goF 1/4

As @Loganmach says, whilst Scotland needs a Deposit Return Scheme (as does the rest of the UK), the Scottish Government are going about it in a wrongheaded way that risks doing more harm than good

The latest edition of Antics is fantastic – thanks to @jimmysergi_ for his hard work. Great to see pieces from @BekenClark on how Labour can protect and restore nature, and from Tom Roberts on the terrible legacy of Cameron’s “cut the green crap” edict issuu.com/theyoungfabian…

"A plan too big to ignore" The world's first #PeoplesPlanForNature is here, informed by nearly 30,000 responses and recommendations made by The People's Assembly for Nature which we were delighted to support. @wwf_uk @Natures_Voice @nationaltrust 🧵👇 twitter.com/Natures_Voice/…

Our members will continue to develop and promote their ideas to take action, including through our developing pamphlet on land use/ownership, an area of emissions where UK policy falls particularly short 3/3

The @EnvironmentYF is committed to showing how we can do so – our 2020 Climate Change Accountability pamphlet demonstrated ways to hold policymakers to account in taking action 2/3 youngfabians.org.uk/climate_accoun…

The @IPCC_CH Synthesis Report is a timely reminder to us all of what is at stake if we fail to take action on #climatechange But it is also a reminder that we can implement the policies needed to make the transition to #NetZero – if we act now 1/3 ipcc.ch/report/ar6/syr/

On the blog - we begin our 2022-23 Meet the Exec series by getting to know our Chair, @JamesPotts, and Vice-Chair, @amytweets23 bit.ly/3Jxuntx

On the blog - Continuing our IWD 2023 series, @mahamsaleeem analyses the way in which the burden of unpaid labour falls heaviest on women. bit.ly/42kAnyd

Back in Parliament this morning to support @alexsobel's response on behalf of the @LabourDefra team to the #trophyhunting Bill. @UKLabour fully supports the #BanTrophyHunting campaign and stands ready to help get it over the line today. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

The next Labour government 🌹should marry its ambitious plans for devolution and net zero and empower local areas to take the further actions needed to deal with the #ClimateCrisis, by leading as an active, investing government, but also releasing power to communities 7/7

Many of these ideas are already in action and have been shown to work - what the APPG's report highlights is that there is so much more government can do to empower communities and councils to take transformative action. 6/7

In October last year we produced a series of blog posts outlining what local authorities can do for climate and nature, to help meet our urgent net-zero targets - here they are in a 🧵1/7 theguardian.com/environment/20…