With both Labour and Conservative's considering watering down their climate policies, it's more important than ever for to show them that the public are watching and judging.

The BBC hosting a climate policy debate in the run up to the next general election will not only show support for such policy, but provide a platform to scrutinise and engage in them.

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Janefrere
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Yep! Signed up and great idea.
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Jordan Edmondson
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I've just updated the image from a newspaper article reflecting the news headlines in the UK to a picture of Greenwich from last years UK heatwave.
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"Heatwave in London" by Alisdare Hickson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse.
Edwin wangombe
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I second this idea
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Jordan Edmondson
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Thank you so much to everyone that's agreed and pushed this idea 50 votes!
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Munene Mugambi
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Will the BBC really go against their funding and do that?
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Jordan Edmondson
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@munene_mugambi good question! The BBC is funded by license payers, so any household that wants to use BBC services pays around ÂŁ150 (it's a bit more complicated than that), it's not funded by the government or any other organization.
As part of their charter, they do need to remain politically neutral, but they also have a responsibility inform and educate the public and always host debates at General Elections as well as political shows throughout the year.
Hosting the debate won't break their charter if they encourage all parties to get involved and listening a public demand for such debate shouldn't have much of an impact on license payers.
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Yep! Signed up and great idea.
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I've just updated the image from a newspaper article reflecting the news headlines in the UK to a picture of Greenwich from last years UK heatwave. Image credit: "Heatwave in London" by Alisdare Hickson is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/?ref=openverse.
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I second this idea
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Thank you so much to everyone that's agreed and pushed this idea 50 votes!
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Will the BBC really go against their funding and do that?
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@munene_mugambi good question! The BBC is funded by license payers, so any household that wants to use BBC services pays around ÂŁ150 (it's a bit more complicated than that), it's not funded by the government or any other organization. As part of their charter, they do need to remain politically neutral, but they also have a responsibility inform and educate the public and always host debates at General Elections as well as political shows throughout the year. Hosting the debate won't break their charter if they encourage all parties to get involved and listening a public demand for such debate shouldn't have much of an impact on license payers.