Work and impact
Our impact
Since launching in 2020, Peers for the Planet has helped drive a step-change in Parliament - bringing climate and nature to the forefront of debate. Through constructive engagement with Ministers, MPs and stakeholders, Peers have won world-leading legislative changes across a wide range of policy areas, and strengthened scrutiny and debate in many more.
In its first five years, the group has:
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scrutinised over 60 pieces of legislation
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helped shape 180 amendments debated in the Lords
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collaborated with 300 civil society organisations
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contributed to more than 4,000 mentions of climate and nature in Lords debates and proceedings
We don’t just support Peers to secure changes in individual Bills – we help shift political thinking and set precedents that support more ambitious action in future.
Our work has helped secure new legal duties so that organisations in key sectors – from water, energy and finance to health and planning – must take the UK’s climate and nature goals into account when carrying out their work.
Together, these reforms will support long-term environmental and economic benefits for the UK – from cutting carbon emissions and restoring biodiversity to cleaning up waterways and driving investment in a cleaner energy system.
Peers have also helped shape major environmental bills, including the Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries ‘Brexit’ Acts and the Retained EU Law Bill while also supporting new concepts like ecocide.
“Cross-party collaboration between legislators offers exciting potential
to unlock political will and make the link between domestic and global climate goals:
every parliament needs a Peers for the Planet”.
Christiana Figueres, former Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC
How we work
Peers for the Planet is the only dedicated cross-party group in the House of Lords focused on building and sustaining momentum on climate and nature issues and a fair transition. The group is not a policy-making or campaigning organisation. Instead, it acts as a specialist hub, bringing Peers together and connecting them with experts and stakeholders from science, academia, industry and civil society.
Our Secretariat provides coordination and practical support, helping Peers to strengthen legislation by offering technical expertise on Bills and amendments, identifying opportunities to raise climate and nature issues in debates and questions, and producing high-quality briefings on policy and science.
Before the group was established, this kind of joined-up support on climate and nature did not exist in the Lords. We work strategically to identify and act on practical opportunities – bringing together climate and nature expertise with a deep understanding of how the Lords works.
We also share our time and expertise. Our Secretariat has given thousands of hours of free advice to partner organisations that share our goals - including smaller and more diverse voices - helping to build a stronger environmental ecosystem.
International reach
Our work extends beyond Westminster - we build partnerships with the scientific community to help provide impartial evidence and analysis. In 2024, we published the Parliamentarians’ Guide to Climate Change with the University of Exeter, a practical resource which has since reached over 200,000 people worldwide.
We also work with parliamentarians internationally, exchanging learnings and helping to inspire non-partisan leadership, collaboration and action in other countries across the Global North and South.
You can read more about our recent work and impact on our Latest page.
