The Green Alliance Podcast

The UK government is in the middle of four substantial consultations aiming to reboot a recycling system in the UK currently stalling at best, and failing at worst. Our panel examines the government's proposals to bring in a deposit return scheme for beverage containers and to reform packaging regulations so that producers bear the full cost of dealing with material they put on the market. These m...

Our fortnightly round up of the top environmental topics in the news, hosted by Amy Mount and Matt Williams. In this episode: how Brexit might affect the imported food we eat, politicians’ responses to the climate strikes, microplastics everywhere from Antarctica to a river in Manchester, and the Chancellor’s announcements of money for nature and the climate. Music by Podington Bear used under Cre...

Our fortnightly round up of the top environmental topics in the news, hosted by Amy Mount and Matt Williams. This episode spans school strikes, hot weather, domestic heating, waste, Brexit and giant insects. Music by Podington Bear used under Creative Commons licence.

In this episode: will our insects still be here in 100 years? We'll be discussing the threat of global insect collapse, the launch of the Green New Deal and the environmental implications of Brexit. Interested in what you're hearing? Here are some links to read on: Brexit Greener UK, https://greeneruk.org/ Fiona Harvey, "Brexit could be good for UK environment, says top government adviser&quo...

The highlights from our recent event marking one year on from the Chinese ban on 'foreign garbage'. Hear voices from across the recycling and waste sector, including Defra, Suez and Friends of the Earth, as we seek to move the debate on plastics forward. Which countries has the ban most effected, what is the UK doing to tackle the problem and why is it so important to take our waste seriously? Pan...

This event launched our new report, By popular demand: what people want from a resource efficient economy , in conjunction with CIEMAP. Joined by a panel of experts from industry, academia and the NGO community, we explored which resource efficiency policies people currently like and which they don’t – and why – and what this means for the government, policy makers and businesses. See photos from...

This event discussed how the UK could continue to act collaboratively with the EU to raise ambition and achievement in international climate diplomacy, after Brexit. We explored how Norway and Switzerland work alongside the EU to raise global climate action and what a future UK-EU climate partnership, formal or otherwise, could mean for collaborative climate and energy policy across Europe. See ph...

CAP reform, the 25 year environment plan and Brexit will all combine to reshape future UK farming and land use, but the necessary contribution of land use to meeting more stringent carbon targets, and possibly even reaching a net zero emissions economy, has not yet been acknowledged by politicians. This debate discusses the tensions between meeting these challenges and the different visions for th...

The best bits from the second of three live debates exploring the controversial questions about the future of land, the environment and food. In this episode: What are the implications of giving up control of food standards to trading partners like the US? Will sourcing more food from abroad make our food system more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change? Should the government be trying to l...

Newsnight's Evan Davis chairs the Green Alliance 2018 annual debate, with a keynote speech by Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation. Laurence played a central role in reaching the 2015 Paris climate agreement as France’s climate change ambassador. Speakers Chair: Evan Davis, presenter, Newsnight Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation Sir Ian Cheshire, chairman,...

The best bits from the first of three live debates exploring the controversial questions about the future of land, the environment and food. In this episode: Is technology a force for good in environmentally sustainable food production? Or could it do more harm than good? And what are the wider social and ethical implications? Panel: Simon Blackmore, head of robotics, Harper Adams University Helen...