Thanks to @eciu.net and @wellcometrust.bsky.social for organising, and also to our fellow co-hosts @lcefuk.bsky.social, Conservative Environment Network, @ldnc-uk.bsky.social, @climateappg.bsky.social and @peersfortheplanet.bsky.social

"We need to show rather than tell that clean energy and climate action will make lives better"

Climate Minister @katiewhitemp.bsky.social promotes optimism ahead of COP30

She says the UK's NDC is "incredibly ambitious" and notes further announcements are to come

"Doing it together is what it is all about"

Former CCC Chair and Environment Minister Lord Deben tells us we must bring everyone along with environmental action and remember our responsibility to the rest of the world

The Circular Economy Strategy must ensure local leaders, small businesses and community champions are part of the plan

Read our asks for the strategy 👇
environmentappg.co.uk/publications...

@carladenyer.bsky.social asks the government what further plans they have to ban the practice of bottom trawling, which destroys vital habitats on the seabed

Sadly, the deep ocean and it's inhabitants are no longer out of reach for human activity. @barrygardiner.bsky.social speaks about the destruction that industrial fishing fleets cause on deep sea species

Our vice chair @werahobhouse.org.uk warned about the severe threat that plastic pollution poses to marine species, with over 130 trillion pieces of plastic reported in our oceans in 2023

Baroness Boycott raised concerns about microplastics, which are not only harming human health but are also projected to cut crop yields by up to 25% in the next decade

Lord Krebs drew attention to the worrying rise in single-use plastics, which increased 7% in the past year alone

The ocean produces at least 50% of earth's oxygen and is home to most of its biodiversity. Yet we are taking more from the ocean than it can sustain

In June, our MPs & peers wrote to the Commons Leader asking for urgent parliamentary time to ratify this treaty

environmentappg.co.uk/news/cross-p...

Thanks to @andrewpakes.bsky.social for chairing, to our expert speakers @mattrcbrowne.bsky.social and Claire Wansbury for leading an excellent discussion, and to all parliamentarians who joined. The Environment APPG will be taking forward the key actions from this discussion in our follow-up work.

Thanks to Iain Gulland from our associate member
@zerowastescotland.bsky.social for this piece - and for their leadership on this crucial agenda!

Liberal Democrat @earlrussell.bsky.social highlighted the UK’s green economy growth:

“A green future is our only future”

He warned that rolling back climate policy could cost the UK £92bn and risk 60,000 jobs, noting that:

“British leadership is global leadership”

Labour’s @youngb48.bsky.social urged govt to adopt a stronger national adaptation plan:

“More floods, heatwaves and biodiversity loss are inevitable... Will the Government radically get a grip and protect growth by acting now?”

Green Peer @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social challenged the Government’s failure to halt species decline by 2030:

“Bird species have declined by 7% in England since 2018.. one major driver is factory farming”

She called for urgent reform to food systems and land use policy