Tackling Climate Change
The impacts
of climate change will affect us all and we need to respond urgently.
Climate change needs to be seen in the context of global justice, equity, and
interdependence, and in the wider context of environmental sustainability.
Any UK Government should therefore commit to:
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Delivering on an ambitious, fair and binding global deal to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius.
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Making deep cuts in our own carbon dioxide emissions of at least 40% by 2020 and more than 80% by 2050, without resorting to offsets, and in addition supporting developing countries towards low-carbon development and a green economy.
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Taking a lead within the European Union to provide sufficient and verifiable new funding and technology transfer to the developing world, bearing in mind that the EU should be responsible for at least one third of the minimum $150 billion needed annually by developing countries by 2020 for mitigation and adaptation.
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Ensuring that this funding is additional to official development assistance (ODA) and channelled through the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) supporting the poorest countries to adapt to and mitigate against climate change, ensuring adequate governance arrangements and taking into account social and political impacts.
