Social Progress Party
Politics to serve all of society, not just the wealthy and powerful.
Climate & Environment
Tangible action on climate change and pollution:
Flight mileage restrictions; align environment’s interests with shareholders’ in directors’ legal obligations; pollution impact pricing levy; increased renewable energy.
Underlying Principles:
We need more effective, faster and broader action to reduce the impact of human activity on our environment and the climate; where possible, we should be reversing it.
This should be one of our highest priorities and must not be derailed by those who would benefit from maintaining the status quo.
All proposed legislation must be considered in light of climate and environmental impact to ensure that this is built into every new law and regulation where possible.
We must protect our natural environment and resources for future generations through sustainable processes, reduction in use, rewilding and repair, new technologies and considerate product design and use.
While this requires action from us all and responsibility does not lie with any individual, organisation or sector of industry, it is important that legislation, regulation and taxation curbs the worst offenders.
Further increased road taxes on heavy polluting vehicles, and invest in alternative transport or supply solutions.
Increased corporation tax for high polluting companies to reduce the profits available for anti-environmental business practices.
Pollution impact pricing levy to be introduced to reflect the environmental cost of products and services, whether that impact is on the UK, other countries, the oceans, the air or the climate.
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The end of shareholders’ interests as the overriding legal obligation for company directors, and the introduction of a joint responsibility to consider the environment’s interests.
Increased deployment of renewable energy sources, far stricter criteria for approving any non-renewable projects.
Legislate to reduce single-use plastics and require minimal and biodegradable packaging where possible.
Increase the acreage of, and properly enforce, our designated areas of protected land and water.
Legislate against the overuse and related run-off from fertilisers on agricultural and commercial land.
Utilise natural land management techniques to reduce the impact of climate change on animal populations, soil erosion, flooding and drought.
Invest in the research and development of carbon capture and other technologies that could potentially reduce or reverse climate and environmental damage.