'Starmer Has A Chance To Go Big On Delivering Climate Action – And He Must Not Wimp Out'

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated calling for tougher action against climate change just days before the Oct. 29 general election in the Netherlands, in The Hague, Netherlands, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. Next week, the government faces a huge test of its ability to deliver climate action in a way that also improves people’s lives – its much awaited Carbon Budget Delivery Plan.This is a massive moment for a government that so far has failed to make its mark on climate action, leaving voters disillusioned and frustrated.You don’t have to look far to see that this Labour government is not living up to the promises it was elected on – a reality that is amply reflected by the number of people turning to the Green Party.We’re hitting record polling numbers – up to 17% in the latest poll, and one poll putting us neck and neck with Labour – and our membership is surging to new highs with thousands of members joining each day for the last few days.There are a number of reasons why voters seem to be flocking to the Green Party at this particular moment.This Labour government has served up nothing but disappointment and betrayal to its voters since being elected last summer, from attempts to slash support for pensioners and disabled people to its ongoing complicity in the genocide in Gaza.Meanwhile Reform is surging in the polls and dominating political conversation with toxic proposals like ICE-style mass deportations of people who have already been given the right to live in the UK.To the dismay of millions of people, instead of standing up to this toxic and dangerous rhetoric, Starmer and his government are aping it.By contrast, in the Greens we’ve never been louder or prouder about our values, what we stand for, and the vision we have for this country.While billionaire wealth surges, we’re pushing calls for a wealth tax to the top of the agenda – because we know this is a common-sense way to tackle inequality and rebuild our public services.While water companies get away with pouring sewage into our rivers and seas and charging the public extra for the privilege, we’re making the case for bringing water back into public hands.While the cost of living crisis continues to bite, we’re talking about the bread and butter issues that really matter to people – raising wages and bringing down bills.But our growing popularity can’t be explained without looking at the British public’s desperation for government to take action on the climate crisis.More people than ever (72%) are concerned about the impacts of climate change.Measures to bring down emissions are widely popular, and renewables are viewed by the public overall as cheaper, better for the country’s energy security and more popular than coal, oil and gas. It’s crucial that the government gets this right. Reform voters – who are often assumed to be united in their opposition to all climate policy – are in fact overwhelmingly in favour of solar power and offshore wind.Yet despite a massive political mandate and overwhelming public support for action, for some reason this Labour government is wimping out.From enthusiastically backing multiple climate-wrecking airport expansions, to going wobbly on its promise to ban new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea – Starmer and his government are simply not taking the bold action the crisis demands.The forthcoming ‘Carbon Budget and Growth Delivery Plan’, as we now understand it will be called, is an opportunity to turn that around.This is a really significant milestone: producing this plan is a requirement of the Climate Change Act.Two previous Conservative prime ministers had their own Carbon Budget Delivery Plans deemed illegal in the courts, and now Badenoch’s polluter-funded Tories want to scrap it altogether.So it’s crucial that the government gets this right. It’s their chance to set out not just how they plan to meet the scale of the crisis facing us – but how they will use climate action to improve the lives of people across the country right now.This is absolutely vital in the face of an ascendant Reform party, backed by oil and gas giants to the tune of millions, who are seeking to dismantle climate action by trying to make out that action to tackle climate change is the cause of the cost of living crisis.This government needs to show – not just tell – people that the opposite is true: that by insulating our homes properly, for example, we can not only lower emissions but bring down bills for households across the country.The government’s Clean Energy Jobs Plan, launched last week, was a start – a welcome strategy for harnessing the potential of the clean energy economy to create good green jobs across the country.But this needs to go much further, with significant public investment to create jobs across the supply chain, and a jobs guarantee so that no worker loses out from the shift towards renewables.And then the government needs to roll out this approach beyond decent skilled jobs, to all aspects of life – ensuring that everyone has a warm home and convenient accessible transport, that those who are struggling the most see the greatest benefits of climate action, and those responsible for the crisis like oil and gas giants shoulder the cost. The prize is great if government is willing to go big.Related...Green Party Leader Zack Polanski Shuts Down Jeremy Clarkson's 'Personal Attacks''Step Forward': Marjorie Taylor Greene Delivers Blunt Message To Prince Andrew Over Epstein AllegationsThe Greens Now Have More Members Than The Tories As Support Surges

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