Carla Suzanne Denyer was born on 1985 and is a British politician who has served as co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales alongside Adrian Ramsay since 1 October 2021.
20 Facts About Carla Denyer
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Carla Denyer has been a city councillor in Bristol since 2015.
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Carla Denyer is noted for her lead role in bringing about Bristol City Council's declaration of a climate emergency in 2018, which was the first in Europe.
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Carla Denyer went on to work in the wind energy sector, working for a Bristol-based renewable energy consultancy, GL Garrad Hassan, from 2009 until shifting her career to politics.
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Carla Denyer's political campaigning included participating in direct action campaigning against SUVs in Clifton.
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Carla Denyer participated in bringing about British Quakers' divestment from fossil fuels.
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Carla Denyer participated in achieving the 2015 divestment of Bristol's Avon Pension Fund from fossil fuels.
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Carla Denyer was first elected to Bristol City Council as a Green Party councillor for Clifton East in 2015.
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In 2018, Carla Denyer proposed a successful motion to bring about Bristol City Council's declaration of a climate emergency.
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Carla Denyer has been seen as a key figure in launching a movement of government climate-emergency declarations.
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Carla Denyer's motion was described in The Independent as "the historic first motion" which by July 2019 had been "copied by more than 400 local authorities and parliament".
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Carla Denyer criticised the UK government's lack of support for environmental policies, noting that the political will existed in local government.
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Carla Denyer continued campaigning on traffic as a councillor, focusing on motorists parking in cycle lanes and trying to introduce congestion charging to the city.
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In May 2019, Carla Denyer unsuccessfully stood as one of the Green candidates for South West England in the European Parliament Election.
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Carla Denyer was re-elected as a councillor in 2021 with an increased majority, in the context of growing support for the Green Party in Bristol.
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In June 2021, Carla Denyer was appointed as the Green Party's housing and communities spokesperson.
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On 16 August 2021, Carla Denyer announced her joint candidacy for leader of the Green Party alongside former deputy leader Adrian Ramsay on a co-leadership platform.
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Carla Denyer is the first openly bisexual leader of a major political party in England.
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Carla Denyer received a "special mention" in the Local Government Information Unit's Councillor Achievement Awards in the category "Environment and Sustainability Pioneer".
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In 2019, Carla Denyer was nominated for the Bristol Diversity Awards in the politician category, and was involved in her employer's achievement of the Best Promotional Incentive Award in the 2013 Travelwest Sustainable Business Travel Awards for encouraging staff car-sharing.