The 2019 General Election has taken place under the shadow of the climate and nature emergencies.

A Friends of the Earth (FoE) survey suggests, Labour’s manifesto has been ranked most highly of any party on climate and nature policies, beating the Green Party into second place.

The manifestos were marked out of 45. Labour scored best with 33 points. The Green Party was second with 31, the Lib Dems third on 30. The Tories scored just 5.5 points out of 45.

Earlier in 2019 UK Parliament declared a climate emergency, but despite adopting a new target In recent months flooding and wildfires have blighted lives and devastated communities both here and abroad.
The announcement of a General Election gave political parties the chance to rise to the challenge and set out the policies needed to address this emergency.
Rebecca Long Bailey, Labour’s Shadow Energy Secretary, said: “Labour has the most ambitious programme to tackle the climate and environmental emergency of any political party, as confirmed by Friends of the Earth.”
She added: “What sets Labour apart is that our plans have been developed with some of the country’s leading environmental scientists, economists, and practitioners”
Dave Timms, Friends of the Earth’s head of political affairs, said: “Many of the policies that Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Green party have put forward are commensurate with, or striving to meet, the challenges we face. It is disappointing we have not yet seen the same urgency, ambition or consistency from the Conservative party”. 
>Juthy Saha