The Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) has launched a manifesto for local economies – setting out its vision for how the government should create local economies that serve the UK’s people, places and the planet.
In addressing the climate emergency, CLES states that, “whilst the scale of the climate emergency demands that much work will need to take place on a national and even global level, it is imperative that we also develop the role that local and regional government plays. As we decarbonise, we must also devolve and democratise.” The manifesto calls for the new government to:
- replace gross domestic product with measures of wellbeing, sustainability and carbon reduction
- enact a local Green New Deal for every place
- create a national just transition fund
- pass a UK future generations act.
Read the manifesto at cles.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Climate-FINAL.pdf. And read more about CLES' stance on the climate emergency at CLES on Climate Emergency.