Nature is essential for our survival – and fundamental to our well-being. But it is in freefall. Biodiversity is declining at unprecedented rates with over 10,000 mammals, plants, birds and insects in the UK threatened with extinction. The country is way off track meeting its own nature targets too. In fact, the Government hasn’t even published a new nature strategy, something it promised to do by now at the last global nature summit two years ago.
But we can get biodiversity thriving again with the political will. And our four Green MPs are critical to getting nature prioritised in parliament. They will push Labour to act to protect and restore nature, boost nature friendly farming and keep fossil fuels in the ground. Bold action, like renationalising water to clean up our rivers and stop shareholders profiting from pollution. If we can achieve these things then our quality of life, our mental health, and our optimism about the future will all benefit beyond measure. But it won’t be easy and there is no time to lose.
That’s why I didn’t hesitate to sign up to the Green Party’s timely Nature Action Now campaign. The odds were against getting four Green MPs elected but we did it by working together to make real change happen. Now we need to do it again to push this faltering Government to do better, much better, to turn around nature’s decline and restore our precious planet.
I would urge you to make a donation, if you are able, to support this crucial work.
