We need to be investing in the low-carbon technologies that are creating the apprenticeships and skilled jobs of the future. — Barry Gardiner Future Copy Share Image
We want trade agreements that aid development and increase prosperity, growth and productivity at home and in our trade partner countries. — Barry Gardiner China 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 Change Copy Share Image
An efficient economy does not perpetuate the misallocation of capital - it punishes it. — Barry Gardiner Capital 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
Doing nothing to stop national parks being drilled for oil isn't what climate leadership looks like. — Barry Gardiner Climate Copy Share Image
Whether you're a banker or a botanist - the economic benefits of a clean energy revolution are compelling. — Barry Gardiner Banker 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
You cannot send battleships in to stop the destruction of a rainforest. But you can spend money on clean technology transfer that… — Barry Gardiner Climate Copy Share Image
The less money you have the more likely you are to live close to polluted roads. Most of us cannot choose to… — Barry Gardiner Commute 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 Carbon emissions Copy Share Image
MPs should be able to debate, amend and approve a mandate for the negotiation of any trade agreement before talks start, based… — Barry Gardiner Debate 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 Climate Copy Share Image
Public demand for better services requires increased revenue, but international market competition for capital and labour drives down the ability of any… — Barry Gardiner Ability 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
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 21st century Copy Share Image
Most people are surprised to find out that the myth of the crowded little island is just that - a myth. — Barry Gardiner Crowded 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
When I was a child my mother used to pay me half a crown - 12.5 pence - to wash her car… — Barry Gardiner Car 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 Climate Copy Share Image
Leaders get things wrong. Of course they do. They have imperfect information. They face competing political pressures. Ultimately they are human. — Barry Gardiner Face Copy Share Image
Like air pollution, flood risk is a threat that government should be protecting us against. — Barry Gardiner Air Copy Share Image
We as politicians have to understand that the greatest threats to our security are no longer conventional military ones. You cannot nuke… — Barry Gardiner Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
A Brexit that works for Britain needs to work for small businesses and must ensure that our future trade deals don't just… — Barry Gardiner Big Copy Share Image
Climate change brings increasingly frequent and severe weather patterns and this means more floods. — Barry Gardiner Change Copy Share Image
Donald Trump spoke to the experience of ordinary working people when he dubbed Nafta the 'worst trade deal ever made.' — Barry Gardiner Donald trump Copy Share Image
The mark of a bad leader is not to make the wrong decision. It is to make no decision at all. — Barry Gardiner Bad Copy Share Image
Nafta has been responsible for a race to the bottom in standards across North America, with working conditions declining along with wages. — Barry Gardiner America Copy Share Image
Fear is a treacherous leader. It shrinks from the new and fails to meet the challenges of the future. — Barry Gardiner Challenges Copy Share Image
Labour opposes the principle of companies having their own private and privileged courts in which to settle investor-state disputes. — Barry Gardiner Courts 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 Achieve 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're fighting for community energy initiatives, warmer homes and crucial flood defences - and fiercely opposing the Government's assault on renewables. — Barry Gardiner Climate Copy Share Image
The unpopularity of raising corporate or personal income tax has been a straight jacket constraining Labour's thinking on how best to invest… — Barry Gardiner Best 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 Change 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 Climate 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 Climate Copy Share Image
The Tories' favoured trade deals post-Brexit are likely to make regional inequality worse, by focusing on the best deal for the City… — Barry Gardiner Best 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 Business 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
