According to climate scientist Simon Lewis, Professor of Global Change Science at the University of Leeds, a victory for the mainstream green Marxist British leader Jeremy Corbyn on 12th December this year will lead to the USA embracing the Green New Deal.
I’m a climate change scientist – and I’m campaigning for Labour this election
December 4, 2019 5.06am AEDT
The 2019 UK general election matters because the climate emergency means that the next decade is critical for the future of humanity. Only a Labour government can really turn things around, not just in the UK, but globally. This may sound exaggerated, but it’s true. Let me explain.
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A serious plan
Finally, after 30-plus years of scientists explaining the problem, a major political party of a major economy has a serious plan for part one of the process. After wrangling between grassroots activists and trade unions, the Labour Manifestopledges that the “substantial majority” of UK emissions will be eliminated by 2030. This isn’t bluster, as there is serious investment planned across electricity production (more wind and solar), buildings (retrofitting all UK houses to high efficiency standards), transport (investment in buses, only electric cars sales from 2030), and heavy industry (research and development into hydrogen and carbon capture technology), to name a few sectors.
Crucially, this would be driven by those who control the finances of the country. A new Sustainable Investment Board would bring together the chancellor, business secretary and Bank of England governor to oversee and co-ordinate these major investments. A National Investment Bank with £250 billion allocated for decarbonising the economy provides serious funds. And climate and environmental impacts will be included in the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts, so that the cost of not acting will be factored into every government decision.
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Finally, geopolitics matters. The world is gripped by right-wing populists who are often hostile to tackling climate change. Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro abandoned hosting this years’ UN climate talks, while Donald Trump plans to pull out of the Paris Agreement. Fearful inward-looking nationalism means that the internationalism necessary to tackle climate change is being eroded.
The antidote to the rising right-wing populism that Brexit and Boris Johnson are part of, is a Labour government with a Green Industrial Revolution at its heart. And just as Brexit spurred the Trump campaign, a win for Labour would increase the chances of the Democrats in the US reaching office and pursuing a similar Green New Deal. The tide would be turning towards deploying the tools of the state to reshape the economy to seriously tackle climate change.
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Read more: https://theconversation.com/im-a-climate-change-scientist-and-im-campaigning-for-labour-this-election-128186
You would think the American War of Independence was a hint that the USA no longer looks to Britain for leadership. But clearly at least some members of the British establishment never received the memo.
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They are destroying the word “scientist”, soon it will mean the same as “politician”.
Good going guys.
“Only a Labour government can really turn things around, not just in the UK, but globally. ”
So we will find out on 13th December whether or not the world can be saved. If Jeremy Corbyn does not win enough seats (along with his potential allies) to become the Prime Minister then we know that the world cannot be saved.
If the only way to save the world is by electing Marxists, then the world isn’t worth saving.
Corbyn is neither Marxist nor ‘far left’ but he is exactly what the UK needs.
If there is even one person to your left, you can’t be a Marxist.
Ah, like you, Peter, he’s a centrist, since everyone to your right is a far-right extremist.
It would only be reasonable to say that Corbyn is center-right I suppose. What with Lenin, Stalin, Mao, and Pol Pot all (possibly) being to his left. But considering only living mass murderers, where does he stand?
If I had the chance to vote for Corbyn I definitely would. Piers Corbyn , Jeremy’s brother is a very eloquent and well spoken sceptic on climate change. Readers should listen to some of his interviews. The Brits had the right idea but unfortunately it was the wrong Corbyn they put in charge of a political party.