Help ensure green measures are included in the Comprehensive Spending Review27 September 2010
The acid test of the Government's promise to be the "greenest ever" is fast approaching.
The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) is announced on 20 October 2010. It will set out Government spending plans for the next four years.
Green measures - far from being a luxury - are a critical part of a fair and sustainable economic recovery.
Hundreds of thousands of green jobs would be created across the country if the Government moves quickly and decisively. And renewables and the energy efficiency sectors can be major engines of the economy.
The responsible thing to do at the CSR is to invest in a low-carbon economic future for the UK. There are two main priorities:
Big money: backing the Green Investment Bank
The Government committed to bring in a Green Investment Bank following campaigning from Friends of the Earth. But it must be properly funded to be truly transformative.
The Comprehensive Spending Review must pledge at least £6bn over the next four years to get the Bank off the ground, and attract many multiples more in private investment.
Small-scale: renewables and advice
The Chancellor must end uncertainty and commit to keeping the existing Feed-in Tariff rates - and bringing in a decent Renewable Heat Incentive from next year.
And he must allow the vital work of bodies like the Carbon Trust and Energy Saving Trust to continue - they give advice to businesses and householders on saving cash and cutting carbon.
Please write to the Chancellor, George Osborne, and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, asking them to make the right decisions in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
Email George Osborne and Chris Huhne
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