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Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Nigel Griffiths (Labour), on Tuesday, 24 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 185 members in total.


TARGETS FOR 2020 IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE ACT 2008

That this House welcomes the Climate Change Act 2008 as the world's first example of a government adopting a legally binding target based on the scientific evidence of the scale of greenhouse gas emissions reductions required to avoid dangerous climate change; welcomes the Committee on Climate Change's advice for an intended 42 per cent. 2020 target; believes adopting this target now would show continued international leadership on climate change legislation; and calls on the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to adopt an immediate target to cut greenhouse gas emissions within the UK by 42 per cent. by 2020.


Secondary information

Type
Early day motion
Reference
868 
Session
2008-09
Other sponsors
Ian Gibson
Alan Meale
Colin Burgon
Janet Anderson
John Battle
Paddy Tipping
Subjects
Climate change
Link
View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk