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Climate Change

My Lords, I welcome the report. It is marvellous that it brings to everyone’s attention that there is a problem, because for so long people have been saying there is no problem. However, following the point raised by the noble Lord, Lord Barnett, it is extremely difficult for us to assess the, I think, 612-page report—but then of course there are lots of appendices we do not even know about, as they are not in the contents—by reading the Statement. The Minister said that if we act now, we can stop the problem. Surely that must be naïve. There is not a single mention of the word ““USA”” in this four-page Statement. There is no mention of China. Aviation is briefly mentioned, but surely most of the aviation in the world is in the US. How much notice will the United States, India and China take of the report? Do we not have an exalted view of our influence? I quote from the Statement: "““The UK is determined to continue to show international leadership””." Honestly, if, as I am told, we only contribute something like 2 per cent of the carbon emissions, is anyone going to listen?