{"id":93227,"date":"2025-02-18T14:58:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-18T14:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=93227"},"modified":"2025-02-19T19:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T19:51:18","slug":"a-greener-future-is-a-fairer-one-say-politicians-urging-massive-system-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/18\/a-greener-future-is-a-fairer-one-say-politicians-urging-massive-system-change\/","title":{"rendered":"A greener future is a fairer one, say politicians urging massive system change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Poverty, food chain problems and a decline in nature are all linked, say Green Party leaders  <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

TWO leading figures from the Green Party have outlined their ambitions for a greener and fairer future for Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest challenges facing Wales is inequality, particularly child poverty, said Anthony Slaughter, leader of the Wales Green Party, at an event to publicise his new book, Future Wales. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decline of nature and threats to the food chain are directly linked to this poverty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“They are not separate problems. They are all driven by our out-dated economic system – a system which exploits both communities and nature,” says the party’s manifesto. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Slaughter linked inequality to a lack of democracy in the political system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople who have nothing, have no investment in democracy. We have to be offering something,\u201d Mr Slaughter told an audience at Book Space in Cathays on February 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Natalie Bennett, the House of Lords peer and former leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, agreed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said change to the system was needed rather than just individual behaviour if the UK was to transition to a greener future.    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The both believe introducing greener policies would lead to a world in which people could heat their homes, eat healthy, sustainable food and breathe good, clean air. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The party believes Welsh independence is vital to build a greener future. Mr Slaughter said the Welsh government should be \u201cpushing for fairer funding for Wales\u201d to tackle environmental issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Welsh party leader said the election of Donald Trump was “deeply worrying” for the global fight against climate change and highlighted the need for more co-operation with other countries such as those in the EU. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are living in very challenging times,\u201d said Mr Slaughter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t have infinite growth on a finite planet,\u201d said Baroness Bennett, who was publicising her book Change Everything. <\/em>“We have to collaborate with others.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr. Slaughter said Trump’s election had encouraged anti-Net Zero voices in the UK and hoped the government would not now row back on its own targets. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe importance of scrutiny has never been stronger,\u201d said Mr Slaughter.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Slaughter hopes there will be more Greens in the Senedd after the next election, and they need to think about how to use their power to enact change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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