Tackling Climate Change

Gillian is passionate about the environment and tackling climate change. She has been working to promote change on a local, national and global scale.

Locally Gillian has been working with the authorities, organisations, campaign groups and businesses to work on getting the UK carbon neutral by 2050.

Gillian is a member of the Conservative Environment Network; a forum for conservatives who support conservation and decarbonisation. Before taking up her Government role she also sat as the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for UN Sustainable Goals, since 2017 where representatives from all parties work towards 17 international goals, many of which work to improve the global environment:

Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all

Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts

Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources

Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss

Keep up to date with her work on Climate Change both in the constituency and in Parliament here.

News

Ending Sewage Discharges - online panel event

Gillian organised and hosted a panel event to discuss sewage discharges.

Joining her were representatives from Southern Water, Ofwat, Environment Agency, Natural England, RSPB, and Chichester Harbour Conservancy. The event was chaired by Lawrence Abel

Plant a Tree for the Jubilee - Chichester Observer

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has dedicated her life to the service of our country. For the past 70 years as our monarch, she has been a constant: advising Prime Ministers and championing our nation and the Commonwealth.

Government exceed target investment for flood defences

Homes and businesses in the Chichester Constituency are better protected from flooding and coastal erosion now that the Government has exceeded its target to boost flood protection by 2026– 27.