Cameron seeks binding CO2 targets
The UK’s Independent has a story Cameron seeks binding CO2 targets.
David Cameron ratcheted up his claim to the “green vote” as he shared a platform with the environmental group Friends of the Earth to demand that the Government impose legally binding targets to slash Britain’s carbon emissions.
The Conservative leader called for a Climate Change Bill to be introduced in the next Queen’s Speech to set new annual targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 60 per cent by 2050.
The UK Conservatives are really taking an impressive lead in this. I’ve been meeting a lot of Australian business leaders lately and without exception they are all concerned about global warming and the impact it could have on their own businesses. David Cameron speaks for the overwhelming majority when he says,
“The simple fact is that we cannot afford for any government in this century to put off action on climate change. … Our children will judge this generation of political leaders on our ability to put aside petty party differences in order to pull together in the face of this unprecedented global threat.”
If only other current conservative leaders would be as sensible. Australia’s ultra-conservative leader, John Howard, has painted himself into a hostile corner on the issue of global warming by choosing to take his orders from US President George W Bush, rather than listen to his own support base. — DS
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