Young Fabians Environment Network

Home of the @youngfabians (under-31) Environment Policy Network. Follow for the latest news and views from our members #climateaction #NetZero

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

We released a series of blogs last year on action Labour councils can take on the climate crisis - see them here
https://t.co/aHW50pMyiX
https://t.co/8PoZzDmKyb
https://t.co/C4l9h5US7j
https://t.co/9cGkLqVS80

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

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

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

Lambeth's council ambitious action on sustainability is an example of the difference Labour in power can make - read about the Kerbside Strategy here
https://t.co/yeGg9P6LOU

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

Join us for this event this evening!

[Patrick Cook @patrickcook81]

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 -> https://t.co/QdfYZw3nFr

@EnvironmentYF

[Patrick Cook @patrickcook81]

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 -> https://t.co/QdfYZw3nFr

@EnvironmentYF

[Young Fabians Environment Network @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 👇
https://t.co/ZWnM04v4Zr

[IPCC @IPCC_CH]

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.

👉 https://t.co/zAMzd12lR7

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

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 https://t.co/xAXv4uTXsT

[Green Alliance @GreenAllianceUK]

🚨 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 👉 https://t.co/vUq3Cdp718

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[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

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

[Young Fabians @youngfabians]

On the blog - @scotlandyf member @Loganmach explains why the Scottish Green's Deposit Return Scheme risks damaging Scottish business 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♻️
https://t.co/D5CLWA3Hjk

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

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
https://t.co/JmLKgvPrIt

[involve @involveUK]

"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

🧵👇

https://t.co/0Puzy6ZLfP

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

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

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

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
https://t.co/J9SXRSepFI

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

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
https://t.co/pXzEONqcYC

[Young Fabians @youngfabians]

On the blog - we begin our 2022-23 Meet the Exec series by getting to know our Chair, @JamesPotts, and Vice-Chair, @amytweets23
https://t.co/3xvd0OQr0p

[Young Fabians @youngfabians]

On the blog - Continuing our IWD 2023 series, @mahamsaleeem analyses the way in which the burden of unpaid labour falls heaviest on women.
https://t.co/uQqtWwq0Sc

[Jim McMahon OBE MP @JimfromOldham]

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.

https://t.co/HvJd646Oqu

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

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

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

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

https://t.co/AmLmwHW4JS

[Young Fabians Environment Network @EnvironmentYF]

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