UK’s Election Is a Rare Win Against Anti-Climate Campaigns
Keir Starmer’s Labour Party promoted a green agenda — but now faces an uphill struggle to implement it.
Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, center, and Rachel Reeves, UK shadow chancellor of the exchequer, second left, at a general election campaign event at the Heath Farm, Swerford, UK on July 1.
Photographer: Jose Sarmento Matos/BloombergAs Britain’s center-left Labour party sweeps into power this morning, winning 411 of the 650 seats at the last count, it’s worth remembering what is happening among its allies.
In neighboring France, the far-right National Rally, which has attacked climate policy as part of its pitch to voters, is hoping to build on early successes during the final election round for the country’s parliament this Sunday. In the United States, Republican President Donald Trump, who has denied climate science, is ahead in the polls. Across Europe, an anti-green backlash has cowed climate ambition.
