Taking stock and moving forward in environmental politics

Seán Ó Conláin and Caroline Whyte spoke with Molly Scott Cato. Molly was formerly a Professor of Green Economics and speaks for the Green Party of England and Wales on Economy and Finance. She recently published a book on Sustainable Finance (Springer, 2022). Between 2014 and 2020 Molly represented South West England and Gibraltar in the European Parliament. She was a member of the Parliament’s Economics and Monetary Policy committee and the Parliament’s rapporteur on sustainable finance. Molly studied PPE at Oxford University and took a PhD in Economics from the University of Wales. She is an expert on resilient local economies, cooperatives and social enterprise, sustainable finance, monetary policy and tax policy. Topics covered in our discussion included Molly's experience as an MEP and her reflections on the European Parliament's activities, the dynamics within the UK which led to Brexit, the challenges involved in achieving environmental and social progress within flawed political systems, and the importance of the arts and culture in bringing about change.