CONTRACTION AND CONVERGENCE APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE

Early day motion 1141, tabled 29 November 2005 by Colin Challen (Labour). Signed by 58 members.

That this House welcomes the presentation of the Climate Change (Contraction and Convergence) Bill, which seeks to establish a clear, full-time framework for tackling climate change; notes that humankind has no choice but to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a sustainable level within a defined period; further notes that it is unlikely that any international framework will succeed if it is not based on the principle of equity through the equal distribution of emissions rights, and that any solution put forward which does not solve the problem of climate change faster than the problem is created is no solution at all; and calls upon members of parliaments around the world to put forward similar bills in their own legislatures.

Signatures by party: Labour 35, Liberal Democrat 20, Conservative 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1.