Election

Has your newly elected MP signed the pledge to fight climate breakdown?

2019 witnessed floods, wildfires, mounting concern over the climate breakdown... and a General Election. What will 2020 hold for the fight against climate breakdown?

The Conservative Party failed to significantly address the climate and nature emergency in this election but with floods and wildfires already destroying communities here and abroad, the new government cannot hide from its responsibilities and must urgently prioritise the climate crisis.

The final scores are in! We've combed through the party manifestos (and any additional pledges they've made during the campaign) to see how they score on tackling the climate and ecological emergency. These are the results...

Climate and ecological crisis must be at the top of next government's agenda, says Friends of the Earth
 

With all the main party manifestos now in the public domain, we have our first chance during this 2019 General Election to look at the stand out policies, the missed opportunities and the serious mistakes they contain.

Friends of the Earth comments on the Conservative Party General Election manifesto.

Tree planting pledges have featured prominently in the General Election campaign – but how do they stack up against what’s actually needed?