Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Nigel Griffiths (Labour), on Monday, 21 January 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 255 members in total.

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CLIMATE CHANGE BILL

That this House welcomes the introduction of the Climate Change Bill to Parliament and the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP's) recent Human Development Report which described the Bill as a bold and innovative proposal to create a national carbon budget; notes however that the UNDP also warned that the Bill needed improving as its targets were not ambitious enough, and international aviation emissions were excluded, meaning that even if the Bill were applied to every developed country, global temperature would rise well beyond the two degrees Celsius limit and perhaps as high as four or five degrees; congratulates the Prime Minister on his speech on 19th November 2007, when he acknowledged the evidence now suggests that as part of an international agreement developed countries may have to reduce their emissions by up to 80 per cent.; and urges the Government to support amendments to the Bill during its passage through Parliament to address the UNDP concerns, making it an unequivocally world-leading response to climate change.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

736 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Alan Keen

Tony Lloyd

David Drew

Emily Thornberry

Martin Salter

Subjects

Climate change Pollution

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk