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From Lauraibm

Full article: How Green are our Green Parties? : The Green Standard Report

David Cameron’s Conservatives have given the environmental cause a profile greater than it has enjoyed for many years, and put pressure on the government to deliver. But even on climate change they still have very few policy positions, and there is therefore currently insufficient ground for confidence that they would deliver in government.

Labour deserves much credit for its international leadership on climate change. Very few other countries have done as much as the UK. But a change in prime minister has not changed the significant disconnect between this and domestic action on climate change. The Labour government, despite displaying international leadership on climate change, is failing on its carbon emission reduction and renewables targets.

The Liberal Democrats have received three green lights by offering the strongest set of policies on climate change, green taxation and green living. They have delivered the most substantive policy commitments, even though their leadership has not been as high profile on the environment as that of the Conservatives. But like all the parties, they have failed to give sufficient attention to policies that will protect and enhance our countryside and wildlife.