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...
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News and opinion
The latest news and opinion from members of the Conservative Environment Network, advocating conservative environmentalism in newspapers and online media.
Nov 4
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...
Oct 30
Budget prioritises unnecessary spending over private investment in environmental solutions
Responding to the Budget, Conservative Environment Network’s Director Sam Hall said: “This high-tax Budget will scare the entrepreneurs...
Oct 30
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 29
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 28
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 17
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 9
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...
Sep 25
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...
Aug 22
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 4
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...
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