Remove Holiday-Books-2018
article thumbnail

'We need to make sacrifices': Inside one London council's quest to spur green public behaviour change

Business Green

As French President Emmanuel Macron discovered when his fuel tax hike inspired angry 'gilets jaunes' protests in 2018, the risk of a serious backlash is real, even when a majority nominally support more ambitious measures.

article thumbnail

How Climate-Conscious is Boris Johnson’s New Cabinet?

DeSmogBlog

The cabinet still contains four ministers (one of them promoted) who back in 2012 co-wrote a controversial book called Britannia Unchained, which takes a swipe at “government-subsidised green technology”. Records show Prentis was partly funded by BP for a visit to Beijing and Wuhan in 2018, where she attended a UK-China leadership forum.