Climate Change - 60% cut is not enough

I am delighted that after campaigning by the public, the Lib Dems and organisations such as Friends of the Earth – and recommendations from the Committee on Climate Change – the Government has at last accepted that an 80% cut in emissions is needed for the fight against climate change.

All greenhouse gases will be included in the target, not just CO2, and Ministers have promised to take account of emissions from the aviation and shipping industry, though details are yet to be worked out.

You can read the Parliamentary announcement on 80% here: http://tinyurl.com/6p7e5a

And the Climate Change Bill debate here: http://tinyurl.com/6g4ez9

We continue to have concerns, as other departments are supporting coal-fired power stations and new airport runways, so we will keep up the pressure on the whole of Government to ensure that it takes climate change more seriously.

Thanks to all who supported the campaign.

Steve Webb MP
Lib Dem spokesman on Energy and Climate Change

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I wanted to let you know about a Webcast featuring Professor Mario J. Molina, the winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry taking place on Monday, October 27, 2008 at 10am CST.

During the Webcast he will lecture on climate change and how it is one of the most serious environmental challenges facing society in the 21st century. He will also discuss how global emissions from the accumulation of carbon dioxide and other gases of human origin can be significantly reduced through an international agreement at a cost that is smaller than that related to the damages resulting from climate change.

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