We have a new government, so what now for the environment?

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Environment, Uk, Farming, Green Alliance, News, Sustainability, Society & Culture, Government

4.9 • 34 Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Shaun Spiers, executive director of Green Alliance, chairs a panel discussion with four experts across policy and politics from across the organisation: Holly Brazier Tope, head of politics, Libby Peake, head of resource policy, Liam Hardy, senior policy analyst, and Lydia Collas, head of natural environment. This discussion, recorded one week after the election, delves into how the new Government will likely approach environmental policy and politics, what the results mean for future of UK energy, resources and nature policy, and what the key moments will be over the coming months.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Green Alliance podcast.
0:05.0	We have a charity and think tank that is all about achieving ambitious leadership for the environment.
0:10.0	I'm Holly Brazier-Tope, head of politics at Green Alliance, and in January we started our election countdown series
0:15.0	where we heard from leading thinkers, experts and decision makers across Westminster, business and civil society in the lead-up to the election.
0:22.4	The series involved three webinars and two flagship events, one with our new Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband,
0:29.9	and one with Caroline Lucas, former leader and then sole MP of the Green Party, reflecting on her time in Parliament.
0:35.9	In this episode, you'll hear some highlights from our events in this series,
0:39.9	hosted one week after the election, where we analyse the election results and what they
0:43.5	mean for people on our planet.
0:45.2	I was on this panel alongside Head of Resource Policy Libby Peak, Head of Natural Environment, Lydia
0:50.0	Collis, Senior Policy Alanist, Liam Hardy, and it was chaired by our executive director, Sean Spears.
0:59.1	So, the election is over. We have a new government with a strong majority that was elected on probably
1:05.5	the most ambitious environmental manifesto of any government that's yet been elected in the UK. And I think there's
1:12.7	reason to feel pretty hopeful. We've also got a phalanx of new Lib Dem and Green MPs who will be
1:20.1	pushing for action on the environment. And Kirstama has perhaps slightly unusually put in place
1:26.3	a whole team of ministers who both know their briefs and care about the issues that they're in charge of.
1:32.3	So there's a lot of people feel hopeful about.
1:34.3	We're going to explore various policy issues.
1:37.5	Libby Peak is going to talk about the circular economy and resources.
1:41.9	Liam Hardy is going to talk about climate and energy.
1:46.3	And Lydia Collis is going to talk about nature and resources. Liam Hardy is going to talk about climate and energy, and Lydia Collis is going to talk about nature and land use. We'll have a bit of a panel discussion and then we'll open it up to
1:51.7	questions. But I want to start by just talking about how civil society and the NGO sector should
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