It is hard to imagine a world without bees. It would be even harder to live in it. — Barry Gardiner Even Copy Share Image
Climate change is a threat to the conditions in which our economy can function at all. — Barry Gardiner Change 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 Carbon 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 Cheap 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 Change Copy Share Image
The U.K. should see overseas aid as an investment in the future potential of a market and shouldn't be used as a… — Barry Gardiner Allies Copy Share Image
Doing nothing to stop national parks being drilled for oil isn't what climate leadership looks like. — Barry Gardiner Environment 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 Change Copy Share Image
The more we engage with others, the more we find people with whom we do not share the values and truths that… — Barry Gardiner Find 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 Global Copy Share Image
After years of globalisation, disaffected populations have lost confidence that the system is fair. — Barry Gardiner Confidence 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 Commitment Copy Share Image
Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against. — Barry Gardiner Air 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 Environmental 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 America Copy Share Image
Treaties negotiated with foreign powers create binding obligations on future generations that cannot be repealed in the way that domestic law can.… — Barry Gardiner Create Copy Share Image
World leaders need to work together through the rules-based system of the WTO to tackle unfair practices, including the widespread dumping of… — Barry Gardiner Investing Copy Share Image
We recognise the need for government to provide a clear and stable regulatory framework so as to release the investment power of… — Barry Gardiner Business Copy Share Image
A well-functioning judicial or education system is just as much part of the wealth of a nation as its roads, ports and… — Barry Gardiner Education Copy Share Image
No minister should be able to whisk through Parliament agreements that are negotiated behind closed doors. — Barry Gardiner Behind Copy Share Image
The degradation of natural resources such as forests and freshwater has removed much of the resilience that societies formerly enjoyed. — Barry Gardiner Natural resources Copy Share Image
GDP has been a con perpetrated upon the poor of the world: a measure of economic activity and not of actual wealth.… — Barry Gardiner Economics Copy Share Image
The road to the Paris climate talks has been paved across decades. — Barry Gardiner Been Copy Share Image
Years of government inaction on air pollution has got people thinking that the state cannot even protect basic public goods like clean… — Barry Gardiner Air pollution Copy Share Image