top of page
The world’s biggest polluters are killing us – they should pay for it
The COP29 climate summit is upon us, and a new global climate finance goal will dominate the agenda. Now more than ever we need to step...
Nov 11, 20243 min read
Keir Starmer doesn't see real reason Union Jack must keep flying over Chagos Islands
Britons are known worldwide for our love of gardening and the natural world. As Conservatives , we have always put our ‘green and...
Nov 4, 20242 min read
We need more money, from more sources, to adapt to climate change
Flooding in Asia, hurricanes in the Americas, wildfires in Europe—these will make up the sobering backdrop for negotiations around new...
Oct 30, 20242 min read
Opposing big government means opposing climate change
As the Conservative leadership contest enters its final stage, both remaining candidates are trying to prove that they merit the title of...
Oct 29, 20244 min read
Transforming England’s farm payments system has been a Brexit boon. Why are the Conservatives embarrassed by it?
The transformation of England’s farm payments system has been a bonafide Brexit boon. And yet, the Conservative Party has consistently...
Oct 28, 20244 min read
If money’s tight, why waste it on futile GB Energy?
The fiscal pain of this Budget will be worse because of needless GB energy, writes Conservative Environment Network director Sam Hall....
Oct 24, 20243 min read
Why on earth did we not say more about our great record on the environment?
The leadership election has energised our party again, but we must not forget why we are here. The last election was a painful one for...
Oct 17, 20243 min read
The Chagos Islands. On environmental protection, we must not surrender our sovereignty.
It is shameful that the Government is giving away our sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius. It threatens Western security by...
Oct 9, 20243 min read
Tackling climate change requires Conservative values
One hundred and forty-two years after the world’s first coal power plant opened on London’s Holborn Viaduct, the UK’s last operational...
Sep 29, 20243 min read
A textiles EPR scheme can make businesses responsible for the waste they produce
Second hand clothes may have gone mainstream - but we still have a long way to go to fix our textile waste problem, writes Baroness...
Sep 25, 20244 min read
Conservatism needs environmentalism
The election finished in July — thank goodness — and the right has moved on to the bit that everyone has been waiting not so patiently...
Aug 22, 20244 min read
I’m proud of what we Tories did for nature – we should have told voters about it
For nearly all of the last Parliament, I had the privilege of serving as a Minister in Defra , helping champion nature and improve our...
Aug 4, 20243 min read
Jul 22, 20243 min read
This election confirmed the limited rewards of rowing back on Net Zero
Sam Hall | ConservativeHome
Jul 15, 20244 min read
The blue belt - Britain's unsung, most successful nature story?
Fin McCarron | CEN blog
Jun 17, 20243 min read
The Conservative Party has a proud story to tell on the environment - voters want to hear it
John Flesher | BuseinssGreen
Jun 16, 20244 min read
To decarbonise our railways we need more privatisation
Sam Payne | CEN blog
Jun 12, 20242 min read
bottom of page