At the end of November, more than 180 countries will join a United Nations meeting in Durban, South Africa, to work towards a new international deal to tackle climate change.
At the conference world leaders need to take bold steps to combat climate change, protect our planet and lift millions out of poverty.
There are alarming signs that the effects of global warming are already underway. Storms, floods, and droughts are happening more often and are more extreme. Arctic summer sea ice is melting faster than previously predicted.
We can only make progress on cutting emissions if people across the world call for action. The action we need won’t happen unless we demand it. That’s why today Labour has launched its Climate Change Pledge campaign.
People can help by calling for decisive action and sign up to Labour’s climate change pledge at http://www.campaignengineroom.org.uk/climatechange and publicise the campaign on twitter using the hashtag #climatepledge.
For too long, successive international negotiations have failed to deliver the action needed to meet the size of the challenge. This desperately needs to change and Britain must be at the forefront of this task.
Labour is calling on David Cameron and his Government to show real leadership at Durban. This means keeping our promise to provide financial support for the world’s poorest countries and pushing for EU to commit to a second period of the Kyoto protocol.
Every person who signs up and demands action moves us one step closer to the deal we need and puts pressure on those who would settle for less. You really can make a difference.
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What a loada.
ReplyDeleteCheck out the mapping by the JAXA IBUKI satellite.
The Western industrialized nations are "sinks" of CO2 (absorb more than they emit). The underdeveloped nations, the reverse.
The only logical action is thus to industrialize the poor nations as fast as possible.