Peers have long called for a national plan to deliver the skills we urgently need for the green economy – and secure a once in a generation opportunity to deliver inclusive growth and opportunity across the country. Last week, P4P Peers secured changes that will support these ambitions by ensuring the delivery of our climate and nature targets are placed firmly within Skills England’s remit and priorities, a new body tasked with driving the nations skills strategy.   Through

(L-R) Dan Labbad, Steve Reed MP, Baroness Hayman, Anna Swaithes Yesterday, the Crown Estate launched an updated ambition and delivery...

The  long-awaited Football Governance Bill proposes to reform England’s football landscape by creating a new Independent Football Regulator. Despite the increasing impacts of extreme weather – such as rising insurance costs, flood damage leading to match cancellations and lost ticket sales – the Bill has no mention of  football’s contribution to climate change or the need for adaptation and resilience planning.   The predicament faced by clubs, including the smallest and

P4P hosted the National Energy System Operator (NESO) in parliament yesterday to give Peers the opportunity to find out more about the role of this new independent body that will sit at the heart of the energy system. NESO was officially launched on 1st October 2024 to oversee the country’s energy systems as they transition to net zero and will advise the government and regulator Ofgem on how climate targets can be met. The session explored NESO’s first official report to the

P4P Peers have joined cross-party MPs in writing to the Norwegian parliament about concerning plans for deep-sea mining in Arctic waters....

Nitrogen is one of the most abundant elements on the planet and is a key building block of life. As humans we have disrupted the natural nitrogen cycle, by taking it from its inert state and transforming it for use across the economy in areas such as agriculture, industry, transport and energy.   Yesterday, the   Sustainable Nitrogen Alliance briefed the P4P group on the impacts of nitrogen pollution in the UK. Peers heard how there is no pathway to reach net zero and revers

The dire state of our water has become a topic of household conversation and deep reforms are needed – but this week, pending the results...

Today at COP29 in Baku, Peers for the Planet with our delivery partners Globe Legislators and the University of Exeter launched an...

Cross-party Peers have secured a new duty for the Crown Estate that means, for the first time in its history, it must   keep under review...

On Wednesday 16 October, Peers for the Planet and the University of Exeter published a new guide to climate change , featuring contributions from world-leading scientists - to help UK parliamentarians understand and respond to the urgent climate challenges we are facing. A reception to celebrate the launch of the guide took place in the Churchill Room in the House of Commons, which brought together over 150 parliamentarians across both houses and political divides, as well as

A guide to help parliamentarians understand and respond to the challenges of climate change will be launched today in the House of Commons.   The Parliamentarians’ Guide to Climate Change   contains contributions by world-leading climate experts to provide policy makers – at the national and local level – with an overview of key areas of climate science.   The authors stress the need for urgent action and call upon politicians to work across party lines to tackle the climate

Last week Peers were joined by experts from the water sector for a briefing on the drivers of water pollution, the wider regulatory landscape and how measures proposed in the Water (Special Measures) Bill , could be improved.   Whilst recognising that the Bill is part of a broader process to address water pollution and regulatory failures through a government review, contributors outlined a number of proposals to strengthen provisions in the Bill.    Peers heard that more can