CLIMATE CHANGE BILL

Early day motion 736, tabled 21 January 2008 by Nigel Griffiths (Labour). Signed by 255 members.

That this House welcomes the introduction of the Climate Change Bill to Parliament and the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP's) recent Human Development Report which described the Bill as a bold and innovative proposal to create a national carbon budget; notes however that the UNDP also warned that the Bill needed improving as its targets were not ambitious enough, and international aviation emissions were excluded, meaning that even if the Bill were applied to every developed country, global temperature would rise well beyond the two degrees Celsius limit and perhaps as high as four or five degrees; congratulates the Prime Minister on his speech on 19th November 2007, when he acknowledged the evidence now suggests that as part of an international agreement developed countries may have to reduce their emissions by up to 80 per cent.; and urges the Government to support amendments to the Bill during its passage through Parliament to address the UNDP concerns, making it an unequivocally world-leading response to climate change.

Signatures by party: Labour 162, Liberal Democrat 61, Scottish National Party 7, Conservative 6, DUP 6, Independent 4, Plaid Cymru 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Independent Labour 1, Respect 1, UUP 1.