Chaitanya Kumar

Chaitanya Kumar works at the New Economics Foundation, a think tank and charity, as the head of environment and green transitions.

The government’s new energy strategy is full of holes. Here’s why

By focusing only on supply, the government’s energy strategy offers a one-dimensional solution to a multifaceted problem

By Chaitanya Kumar

/ 8 Apr 2022

The government’s new energy strategy is full of holes. Here’s why

Britain just declared a climate emergency. What happens next?

Brexit may have polarised Britain's politics, but providing leadership on climate change could be the binding force that brings the country back together.

By Chaitanya Kumar

/ 7 May 2019

Britain just declared a climate emergency. What happens next?

Why a Green New Deal needs a Deep Green Movement – part 2

If the movement for a Green New Deal in the UK is seen as a white middle class project, it will not succeed in winning the minds and hearts of others.

By Gurpreet Bola and Chaitanya Kumar

/ 12 Apr 2019

Why a Green New Deal needs a Deep Green Movement – part 2

Why a Green New Deal needs a Deep Green Movement – part 1

The Green New Deal presents an opportunity to practice the kind of intersectional policy making that has been at the heart of racial justice movements for decades.

By Gurpreet Bola and Chaitanya Kumar

/ 10 Apr 2019

Why a Green New Deal needs a Deep Green Movement – part 1