Petition · past parliament
Increase Environmental Protection and Green Focus in Covid-19 Recovery Plan
Rejected
10 signatures
What the petition asks
The government must enforce stronger environmental protection within plans for Covid-19 recovery. It must implement a green focus and invest in active travel, energy efficiency, renewable energy, nature tourism, wildlife and environmental conservation, and other green projects.
Despite declaring a climate emergency in 2019 the UK Covid-19 recovery plan has an overly strong focus on construction and development at the expense of protecting the natural environment.
Polls show a public preference for a change to the economy and a greener focus, which was promised but quickly forgotten.
The UK has failed to meet the majority of climate action targets.
It is our responsibility to protect the natural environment, especially after it has provided us with so many benefits.
Polls show a public preference for a change to the economy and a greener focus, which was promised but quickly forgotten.
The UK has failed to meet the majority of climate action targets.
It is our responsibility to protect the natural environment, especially after it has provided us with so many benefits.
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 1 Jul 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 28 Jul 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
10
Status
Rejected
Rejected
28 Jul 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.