Tag Archives: climate change bill
Meeting carbon budgets – ensuring a low carbon economy
We were surprised by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC)’s second annual report, as it gave a low profile to the role of forestry in reducing emissions. Especially given relevant government commitments are in sharp contrast with UK tree planting rates - now … Continue reading
World leading Climate Change Bill passed
The Scottish Parliament led the world by passing the strongest climate change legislation of any industrialised nation! Continue reading
Appeal against Stansted expansion launched
As I mentioned here previously, the Government’s decision to allow expansion of passenger numbers at Stansted is a shocking indictment of their short-sighted and incoherent approach to climate change and aviation. Geoff Hoon and Hazel Blears even went as far … Continue reading
Ecological credit crunch will cost us dear
This week’s 2008 Living Planet report by WWF has generated a good deal of interest, not least because of the highly topical way it has been presented as an ecological credit crunch. Amongst the most striking findings of the report … Continue reading
Government follows the science – great news
Ed Miliband in his first major act as the new Energy and Climate Change Secretary has taken the step that members of Stop Climate Chaos have been lobbying the Government about ever since they published their Climate Change Bill. He … Continue reading
Finally will there be Government leadership on climate change?
The new Secretary for Climate Change and Energy, Ed Miliband has a lot to think about in his first week in office. For over a year the Government has avoided committing to an 80 percent cut in CO2 emissions by … Continue reading
Add your voice to change the Climate Bill
There’s a major public meeting happening on 22 April to try to strengthen the Climate Change Bill currently making its way through Parliament. We’ve been asking, along with 60 other organisations, for an emissions reduction target of at least 80% … Continue reading
