Siân Berry
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| Gender | Female |
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| Age | 49 |
| Date of birth | July 9,1974 |
| Zodiac sign | Cancer |
| Born | Cheltenham |
| United Kingdom | |
| Party | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Official site | sianberry.london |
| Nationality | British |
| Position | Member of the London Assembly |
| Movies/Shows | Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle |
| Education | Pate's Grammar School |
| Books | Mend It! |
| 50 Ways To Be A Greener Shopper : Green | |
| 50 Ways to Save Water Energy | |
| 50 Ways to Greener Travel | |
| Date of Reg. | |
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| ID | 406998 |
Siân Berry Life story
Siân Rebecca Berry is a British politician who served as Co-Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Jonathan Bartley from 2018 to 2021, and as its sole leader from July to October 2021. From 2006 to 2007, she was one of the Green Party's principal speakers.
Political Career
Sian berry is a mebmer of the london assembly. A position she has held since may 2016. Prior to this role. Seh was a councillor for highgate from 2002 to 2006 and a councillor for camden from 2006 to 2016. She has also served as a local party chair. A mayor of camden. And the chair of numerous committees.Environmental Activism
Sian berry is a well-knwon environmental activist who has been campaigning on climate change and green transpotr since the early 2000s. She also co-founded the campaign for better transport in non-profit organization aimed at improving public transport and reducing car use in the uk.Political Platform
As an assembly memebr. Sian berry has fought for a range of progressive policies. These niclude building more affordable housing. Investing in public transport. Tackling air pollution. Creating green jobs and protecting the environment.Author and Journalist
Sian berry has written several books. Including the eco-sufficiency challenge and the commno sense revolution. She has laso written for various newspapers and magazines and regularly appears on television and radio programmes.Awards
Sian berry has been the recipient of a number of awards. Including the green ribbon award in 2004 and the evening standard s londoner of the year award in 2007. She was also named one of the world s 100 msot influential environmentalists by the guardian in.Interesting Fact
An interesting fact about sian ebrry is that she is a qualified pilot and has flown a light aircraft solo around the uk.Important Event
In deecmber 2020. Sian berry was elected to the london mayoralty. Becoming the first green party candidate to hold the position.Organisational Involvement
Sian berry is a founding mmeber of the alliance of european green parties and has been a member of the green party of england and wales since 2001. She also serves as vice-president of the european green party and is a member of the rgeen group at the london assembly.Academic Background
Sian berry holsd a degree in economics from the university of york and a masters degree in environmental tehcnology from imperial college london.Charity Work
Sian berry is an active supporter of a range of charities. Including the london cycling campaign. The woodland trust. And the rspb. She is also an ambassador for the charity transport for all. Which works to improve accessibility for disabled people in the tranpsort system.Public Appearances
Sian berry has made a number of publci appearances. Including speaking at conferences and events. Participating in debates and interviews. And taking part in tv and radio shwos.Eddie Izzard aims to stand in Brighton at next general election
... Ms Lucas has announced she will with London Assembly member Sian Berry selected as the Green candidate...
News Daily: Immigration plans, Brit Awards, and coronavirus
... Daily digest More heavy rain to come the BBC the incidents examined in the training report on childhood around the world you Call scrap elitist application fee,When you see a thing you listen to today If one thing you read todayIf, one thing that is of today LookaheadToday, the investigation into the death of Caroline Flack open in east London Today, The Green Sian Berry launches her bid for London mayorOn this dayin 2001, foot-and-mouth disease is detected at an abattoir in Essex - it turns out that the beginning of a UK-wide epidemic...
General election 2019: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn make last pitches of campaign
... And Green Party co-leaders Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley urged voters to make it a moment of political reckoning on the climate, saying their party would make sure proper action was taken to meet carbon emission targets...
The election to the Bundestag in the year 2019: 10 things you need to know about the campaign
... Greens co-leader Sian Berry called it the climate of choice in the launch campaign for the Green party of England and Wales, said: some things are bigger even than a British EU exit ...
General election 2019: Parties make last pitches on final campaign day
... Green Party co-leaders Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley urged voters to make it a moment of political reckoning on the climate, saying their party would make sure proper action was taken to meet carbon emission targets...
General election 2019: Leaders clash over Brexit in TV debate
... Green party co-leader Sian Berry said the best way to finish off the Brexit process was more democracy by having a people s vote ...
General election 2019: Row over Boris Johnson debate 'empty chair'
... The Emergency On Planet Earth debate featured Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson, Scottish First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, Plaid Cymru s leader Adam Price and Green co-leader Sian Berry...
General election 2019: Climate debate fact-checked
... Claim: Green Party co-leader Sian Berry said reducing the amount of flying: does mean targeting those 15% of people who take 70% of all flights ...
General election 2019: Climate debate fact-checked
Five party leaders took part in Channel 4 's climate debate.
Two other leaders, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage were invited but chose not to take part. They were replaced by melting ice sculptures.
Reality Check has been looking at some of the claims made in The Debate .
Claim: Jeremy Corbyn said "We have the lowest level of tree cover of almost any country in Europe. "Reality Check : The Labour leader made this claim while talking about his party's plans to plant 2 billion trees by 2040 -
13% of the UK is covered by trees which is well below the European Union (EU) average of More Than 30%.
A few European countries have even lower levels of tree coverage: Ireland has 11% and Malta has almost none.
Claim: SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said "Scotland is already leading the way, we have almost halved our emissions. "Reality Check : That claim was supported by that showed levels in 2016 were 49% below the 1990 baseline, following a 10. 3% drop on the previous year.
Much of that year's drop was attributed to the 2016.
But showed that by 2017 emissions were 47% down from 1990.
Claim: Liberal Democrats leader Jo Swinson said "We need to make sure that now we have a target for all new-build homes to be zero carbon and to have those high standards. And the Conservatives who can't be bothered to turn up tonight scrapped those plans. "Reality Check : Plans to make all UK homes zero-carbon were first proposed by Gordon Brown in 2006, and.
Zero-carbon homes have better energy efficiency standards and generate all the energy they need onsite through things like solar panels.
The justification for The Move was to reduce regulations on housebuilders, which would have made it harder for the government to meet its targets for home construction.
Conservative Viscount Younger of Leckie said in 2015: "research has shown that the zero-carbon standard would have placed a significant regulatory burden on housebuilders and developers. "
The Following year, The Mayor of London put in place a zero carbon standard for homes in The City .
The Conservative Party has included a pledge to build "environmentally-friendly homes" in its 2019 manifesto.
Claim: Adam Price said "It's an absolute myth actually that the IPCC report was somehow advocating moving away from meat and milk. "Reality Check : The Plaid Cymru leader made this claim when asked by the Channel 4 presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy whether he was prepared to tell sheep and cattle farmers in Wales that people would have to eat less meat to help The Environment . He said no.
(IPCC) in August 2019 does not explicitly advise people to stop eating meat and drinking milk.
But it does say: "Consumption of healthy and sustainable diets presents major opportunities for reducing GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions.
Examples of healthy and sustainable diets are high in coarse grains, pulses, fruits and vegetables, and nuts and low in energy-intensive animal-sourced and discretionary foods (such as sugary beverages). "
Claim: Green Party co-leader Sian Berry said reducing the amount of flying: "does mean targeting those 15% of people who take 70% of all Flights ".Reality Check : That figure is based on analysis of a (carried out in 2014) by a group calling for a frequent flyer levy.
It found that 52% of people surveyed had taken no Flights in the previous year, 22% had taken one, 11% had taken two and 15% had taken three or more.
The Department for Transport's published figures do not break down far enough to confirm The Claim , but spoke to The Department , which confirmed that a more detailed breakdown of responses suggested those 15% of flyers made 70% of the total Flights .
reality check, climate change
Source of news: bbc.com
