A VOTE FOR THE PLANET: making this the climate election
In this episode:
The climate crisis is higher on the political agenda than ever before, with more than half of people saying it will influence how they vote in the UK general election. We’re discussing how to ensure that this is the first ‘climate election’ with Alice Bell from climate campaign Possible and Fatima Ibrahim from Green New Deal UK. Then Catherine Abreu talks us through the role of climate policy in Canada’s recent election and what the rest of the world can learn from it.
And comedian Jen Brister joins us to sift through the more hopeful stories in another week of general election campaigning.
Guests
Alice Bell (@alicebell), co-director of the climate campaign ‘Possible’
Fatima-Zahra Ibrahim (@fortuashla), co-founder of Green New Deal UK
Catherine Abreu (@cat_abreu), executive director of Climate Action Network Canada
Jen Brister (@JenBrister), comedian
More info
Britain’s climate election
YouGov: Which issues will decide the general election? (Nov 2019)
ClientEarth: Climate policies could determine next election (Oct 2019)
The Guardian: Ed Miliband: This must be the climate crisis election (Oct 2019)
Common Wealth: Green New Deal Politics: Grassroots to Mainstream (Aug 2019)
Canada’s climate election
National Post: Election results give carbon tax a chance to continue (Oct 2019)
BBC: Trudeau's Liberals win but lose majority (Oct 2019)
Toronto Star: Canadians keep climate change high on the agenda (Oct 2019)