CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE EARTH HOUR 2010 CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 765, tabled 1 February 2010 by Colin Challen (Labour). Signed by 181 members.

That this House calls for cross-party support for WWF's Earth Hour 2010 campaign which seeks to persuade over a billion people worldwide to switch off their lights for an hour at 8.30 pm on 27 March 2010 to demonstrate to political leaders the far-reaching public desire for an urgent, fair, ambitious, binding and scientifically credible global deal on climate change; notes that the Copenhagen Accord failed to establish a sufficiently ambitious or binding framework capable of tackling the threat of climate change; further notes the urgent need for a legally binding global compact which sets stringent carbon emissions reductions targets at global and national levels; further notes that such a framework must include a mechanism for the independent monitoring and verification of progress; further calls on the Government to seek a new international mechanism to provide sustained and sufficient finance additional to existing commitments and which will be committed to support mitigation and adaptation and to prevent deforestation in developing nations; recognises the lead the UK showed at the climate negotiations in Copenhagen; and further calls on the Government to take a leadership role in securing jobs in the UK's green economy and in safeguarding lives, livelihoods and the planet.

Signatures by party: Labour 104, Liberal Democrat 47, Conservative 19, Independent 3, Plaid Cymru 2, DUP 1, Independent Labour 1, Respect 1, Scottish National Party 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UUP 1.