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Treaty of Lisbon (No. 8)

Given that, according to the House of Commons Library, per capita CO2 emissions in the United Kingdom have increased this century, will my right hon. Friend say a little more about what articles 191 and 192 will do to assist us to adapt to climate change, on which Stern was particularly strong? There is a need not only to deal with the causes, important though that is—it has been a major focus of my right hon. Friend's speech—but to say something about the inevitable consequences that he realises are already happening and that will get worse in the future.