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Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

- Barry Gardiner
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Barry Gardiner
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We have never believed that any potential future benefits from fracking make it acceptable for the government to bulldoze over the concerns of local communities or the very real environmental dangers that can occur as a result of weak safeguards controlling the technical process.

We have never believed that any potential future benefits from fracking make it acceptable for the government to bulldoze over the concerns of local communities or the very real environmental dangers that can occur as a result of weak safeguards controlling the technical process.

Years of government inaction on air pollution has got people thinking that the state cannot even protect basic public goods like clean air.

Classical economics values things by seeing how much someone will pay for them. But this is where classical economics is wrong. What it fails to account for are all the 'externalities' - the services people regard as free goods: pollination services, flood protection, climate regulation, soil stabilization, carbon sequestration.

The Tories are trying to lock the country into the old, dirty technologies that harm our communities and the people who are forced to live with disruption on their doorstep.

We are patriotic enough to believe there is no good reason why foreign investors from Europe cannot be expected to resolve any disputes fairly through British justice, operating through British courts. And we are European enough to think that our companies can do the same by relying on European courts.

As we pump greenhouse gases into our atmosphere, the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, making the seawater acidic and hostile for shellfish and corals.

The degradation of natural resources such as forests and freshwater has removed much of the resilience that societies formerly enjoyed.

The shipping industry plays a fundamental role in boosting global trade and prosperity. Maritime leaders have rightly recognised the need to invest in more energy-efficient vessels and to apply measures like slow-steaming. But to ensure a level playing field, collective action is urgently needed across the sector.

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Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.

Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently.