Proceeding contribution from David Mowat (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 28 February 2012. It occurred during Estimates day on Rio+20 Summit.
Rio+20 Summit
My hon. Friend is using the terms ““green economy”” and ““renewables”” as though they were the same as decarbonisation. As the hon. Member for Brighton, Pavilion (Caroline Lucas) explained, we have to cut our carbon emissions by 80%, or even 90%, by 2050. Currently, about 2.5% of our energy comes from renewables. Does my hon. Friend accept that other forms of low-carbon energy have a major part to play, because he has not mentioned them so far in his remarks? I of course mean nuclear and carbon capture and storage.
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- Climate change Environment protection Forestry UN Conference on Sustainable Development Conferences Sustainable development
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