The energy crisis and climate change
As well as a cost-of-living crisis, we’re also facing a climate emergency. But how are the two linked? Did you know that heating our homes, buildings and water by burning fossil fuels is responsible for 20% of all UK emissions? Our homes are leaking heat and energy, contributing to climate breakdown and destroying the homes of our precious wildlife.
Our dependence on expensive gas is therefore a crisis for both people and planet. Unless we transform our leaky homes and failed energy system once and for all, millions will continue to suffer from the energy crisis in the UK, and millions more from the ever-worsening climate crisis worldwide.
The solutions we’re fighting for
Even more emergency financial support to help those struggling with their energy bills as we head into winter, and stop them having to make an impossible choice between heating and eating.
A free, government-funded, street-by-street insulation programme, starting in the areas hit hardest by the energy crisis. This would provide a simple but incredibly effective way to keep our homes warm in the winter and cool in the summer, bringing down both energy bills and climate emissions.
Transforming our energy system to lower bills, and cutting emissions by making the most of the UK's huge potential for cheap, clean renewable energy like wind and solar power.
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