In the first in a series of episodes on the UK general election, James Butler is joined by Ann Pettifor and Adrienne Buller to discuss climate policy and its apparent absence from the campaign so far. Several years ago the Labour Party was committed to a Green New Deal but has since backed away from that promise, while the Conservatives have decided that abandoning their own climate commitments is a vote-winner. Ann, Adrienne and James consider why political leadership and courage have disappeared on this issue, what environmental policy might look like with a Labour government, and how Chinese bicycles demonstrate the problem of international climate action.

Read James's latest blog post on the election: https://lrb.me/butlersunakpod

And more on climate in the LRB:

Will Davies on why capitalism won't save the planet: https://lrb.me/daviesclimatepod

James Butler on Andreas Malm and ecoterrorism: https://lrb.me/butlerclimatepod2

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