🚨 ENDS Power List 2024 🚨

The Power List is back! This year, we start by naming the 50 UK politicians who have made the greatest impact in the past two years - the changemakers, champions, rebels, local and unsung heroes.

So who made it? Take a look🧵⬇️
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“The government has doubled down on fossil fuels, but Labour is committed to clean, renewable energy.” - Kerry McCarthy 👏

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New oil and gas licences are a “total waste of time” - Chris Stark 👏

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The UK’s alliance with the US is critical.

Cooperation isn’t a luxury but a necessity.

This is why I visited Washington DC this week 👇🏿

‘No alternative’: EU climate chief urges MEPs not to use climate crisis to foment political divisions ahead of EU elections theguardian.com/environment/ar…

That is a nice graph 😍 and some positive Friday messaging from Ember: “new era of falling fossil fuel generation is imminent”

Carbon Brief
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The horrific flooding in Brazil due to rising river levels is alarming.

Whole communities and agricultural land are under water with many people losing their lives.

We must do more to protect our planet.

My thoughts are with all those affected.

To a man who has dedicated his life to conserving and understanding our natural world: Happy 98th Birthday! 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for your decades of devotion to our planet's wonders and wildlife.

Today we’ve announced our support for Australia’s COP31 bid in partnership with the Pacific Island Countries. The UK looks forward to working with Australia and the Pacific Island Countries towards a COP that delivers for the most climate-vulnerable and keeps 1.5 degrees alive

Secretary John Kerry is a former Secretary of State, United States Senator, and the first Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. His bravery in combat during the Vietnam War earned him the Silver Star and Bronze Star, and history will remember his public service career that has…

Thank you, President Biden.

👇 A complete vindication for ambitious political leadership on big issues like clean air and climate, a swing *to* Sadiq Khan in outer London - whilst many have called to weaken/drop policy, it's clearly time to double down and solve these crises. 💪🌍

These elections have shown pro-environment parties and mayors who made net zero central to their campaigns made significant gains.

Reform have won 2 council seats out of 2500.

Time to recognise the net zero row back and kowtowing to an extreme fringe was a strategic disaster

Congratulations Sadiq Khan ♥️

Londoners voted to give their city a fairer, safer, greener future. 🌹

Beautiful onshore wind in Deutschland 🇩🇪

. UN Biodiversity #COP16 will be the first CBD meeting since Montreal.

Very important that the UK’s National Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan (NBSAP) is ambitious, coordinated and well resourced.

Especially if the UK is to play a role in leveraging ambition from others.

California goes to war with Big Oil over climate change Rob Bonta thetimes.co.uk/article/califo…

. UN Biodiversity COP16 in Colombia will be a critical moment for countries to demonstrate their commitment to the Global Biodiversity Framework.

Welcome comments from Steve Reed on Labour’s commitment to domestic and international nature action.

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Great to join MPs of all parties in pushing the government to ensure the UK does all it can to achieve success at COP29 and COP16 later this year.

🎉 Good news!! The Government have said they WILL bring in a bill to ban plastic in wet wipes!!

Thank you to everyone who has supported the campaign - the next steps should be easier.

#banplasticinwetwipes #PlasticPollution