Whalley Range Climate Action Group – Build Whalley Range Back Better

Whalley Range Climate Action Group met our MP Afzal Khan with other groups as part of the Build Back Better campaign. We discussed the need for a green and fair recovery and called on Afzal to push the Labour party to step up their leadership role in climate and environmental and issues. We also urged him to pressure the government to build a sustainable, resilient and inclusive recovery whilst tackling the Climate Emergency immediately.

Whalley Range Climate Action Group believes we need new ways of thinking, shared inspiration and transformative action such as a Social Justice Green New Deal (for more detail see https://wbg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Feminist-Green-New-Deal.pdf).  This will invest in infrastructure such as renewables but also invest in improving and increasing the low paid and low status jobs that are predominantly carried out by women and people of colour as caring, health and the arts.

We asked Afzal to support Whalley Range to secure investment for low carbon employment initiatives that are locally and equalities focused; local cycling and walking infrastructure, affordable public transport, including routes within the area, and car sharing and making our homes low carbon.

These initiatives would have a low carbon impact and help build a more inclusive recovery that has economic, environmental, social and community benefits for Whalley Range.