Enough of the buzzwords - we need economic policy that serves people and the planet, not the other way around
As I was reading through the new Programme for Government earlier this week - one thing that really stood out to me was how the words ‘economy’ and ‘growth’ are never far from any vows about tackling environmental degradation and the climate crisis.
We’ve driven just about everything into the ground to make a quick buck and the environment we rely on for food and water will take a very long time to recover. And that’s if or when, we start to take the climate and biodiversity crises seriously. We’ve seen in the developments planners approve in greenbelts and nature rich areas, whether they are needed or not. We see it in the planning system, when councils pass new fossil fuel projects that will tie us into the increasingly expensive fuel for years to come despite the Climate Act.
And that’s why I would like to see a lot more radical thinking from our leaders in terms of what we develop and the weight that nature and people’s wellbeing are given in policy. Instead of answering the question, they directed me to a group of spreadsheets online which, unless you speak megawatts, are quite hard to decipher.
I’d just like to point out that £73m wasn’t all for renewables in case you missed that sleight of hand. Even when the Exec spoke of retrofitting in their Programme for Government - this didn’t come with targets like in the Republic of Ireland where their government put a figure on what they aimed to deliver. And here we are full circle.
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