UK GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TARGET

Early day motion 918, tabled 20 February 2007 by Colin Challen (Labour). Signed by 46 members.

That this House notes that the European Parliament Environment Committee has recommended an 80 per cent. cut for EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; further notes that a bill presented in the US Congress, namely the Safe Climate Act, calls for emissions cuts of 80 per cent. by 2050; notes that to achieve a global cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 60 per cent. places a greater responsibility and deeper cut on developed countries; notes that the Council of Environment Ministers on 17th October 2002 declared that to achieve the long-term objective of containing the temperature rise to two degrees celsius would `require a global reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases by 70 per cent. compared with 1990, as identified by the IPCC'; and calls upon the Government urgently to review its 60 per cent. target and replace it with a target more likely to solve the problem of climate change faster than it is being created.

Signatures by party: Labour 29, Liberal Democrat 8, Conservative 3, DUP 2, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.