Climate change is a threat to the conditions in which our economy can function at all. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Doing nothing to stop national parks being drilled for oil isn't what climate leadership looks like. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Climate change brings increasingly frequent and severe weather patterns and this means more floods. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
If government is so keen to let local people have a veto in stopping wind farms, why does it not allow local… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
The problem with climate change has always been that whilst political timeframes and economic investment timeframes work on a 3-5year cycle, the… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
The most important thing to understand about Trump's withdrawal from the Paris Climate Change agreement is, whilst it undeniably damages the rest… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Our view has been that unless stringent environmental tests can be passed by would-be frackers, then no fracking should take place. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
In order to properly measure the impacts of climate change on our Financial system they must first be identified and disclosed. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Even if Trump leaves the Paris Agreement or the U.N. climate process entirely, the issue will be unavoidable at G7 and G20… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
The costs of solar energy across the world have come down so fast that its growth as a cheap, clean energy source… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
We need robust sustainability regulations for shipping that are internationally recognised and respected. This will ensure shipping plays its part in the… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
The Paris Agreement makes it impossible for any country or any sector to say climate change isn't their problem. It has created… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
The direct risks from climate change are obvious: as changing weather patterns cause extremes of flood and drought, hurricanes and typhoons. These… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
You cannot send battleships in to stop the destruction of a rainforest. But you can spend money on clean technology transfer that… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Climate change is real and anthropogenic; and the 5th Assessment Report of the IPCC has left the deniers little room for manoeuvre,… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
The media when it focuses on climate change at all, does so in terms of carbon emissions and how to reduce them.… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Poor decision making in government; the tragedy of short-term economic thinking; our national housing crisis: these are real 21st Century problems for… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Addressing climate change globally promotes health, education and gender equality. Addressing it domestically secures U.K. jobs and sustainable clean economic growth; it… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
We have never believed that any potential future benefits from fracking make it acceptable for the government to bulldoze over the concerns… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
As the cost of renewables plummets, the clean energy transition is increasingly driven by the business case. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
As we pump greenhouse gases into our atmosphere, the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, making the seawater acidic and hostile for shellfish and… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
We must commit to a positive programme of ocean recovery to combat the effects of climate breakdown, and boost our oceans' capacity… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Financial decision-makers at every level are recognising that fossil fuel investments risk their returns being undermined by stranded assets. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
We're fighting for community energy initiatives, warmer homes and crucial flood defences - and fiercely opposing the Government's assault on renewables. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
The Paris Agreement is a highly significant step in tackling climate change - but a piece of paper will not save the… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Acidisation isn't benign - like fracking, it can pose risks to groundwater sources, and runs counter to the urgency with which we… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Whether you're a banker or a botanist - the economic benefits of a clean energy revolution are compelling. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Climate change must be approached as an opportunity to transition our economy to a zero carbon future. Business understands this even when… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Fracking locks the U.K. into an industry that is based on fossil fuels long after our country needs to have moved to… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
It used to be an article of faith held across parliament that the government should be 'technology neutral' to achieve cost-effective decarbonisation. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Labour's Climate Change Act and our other reforms, including the Green Investment Bank, have been the foundation for the huge growth of… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Whilst the developed world may say it wants to see much greater commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, this may only be… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Climate change brings pressures that will influence resource competition between nations and place additional burdens on economies, societies and governance institutions around… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
We recognise the link between environmental failure and social injustice. When the energy sector is privatised and deregulated, it not only tends… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Science tells us we need to keep the majority of fossil fuels in the ground, and that we must urgently invest in… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
It is hard to imagine a world without bees. It would be even harder to live in it. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
Climate change is a threat to the conditions in which our economy can function at all. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
As we pump greenhouse gases into our atmosphere, the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide, making the seawater acidic and hostile for shellfish and corals. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
The costs of solar energy across the world have come down so fast that its growth as a cheap, clean energy source has been… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
Climate change is a shared crisis - one that transcends politics and borders and must be fought collectively, justly and transparently. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
The U.K. should see overseas aid as an investment in the future potential of a market and shouldn't be used as a stick to… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
Doing nothing to stop national parks being drilled for oil isn't what climate leadership looks like. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
We must commit to a positive programme of ocean recovery to combat the effects of climate breakdown, and boost our oceans' capacity to tackle… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
The more we engage with others, the more we find people with whom we do not share the values and truths that we consider… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
We need robust sustainability regulations for shipping that are internationally recognised and respected. This will ensure shipping plays its part in the global transition… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
After years of globalisation, disaffected populations have lost confidence that the system is fair. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
Whilst the developed world may say it wants to see much greater commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, this may only be politically feasible… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
Our view has been that unless stringent environmental tests can be passed by would-be frackers, then no fracking should take place. — Barry Gardiner Copy Share
