The UK Climate Change Bill is a a piece of legislation that has been pushed forward by civil society and is potentially groundbreaking. We take a look at the progress of the Bill through the UK parliament with a senior advisor from development charity Christian Aid.
Produced by Phil England for Climate Radio. www.climateradio.co.uk
If you broadcast the programme, itd be great if you could drop me a line to let me know at phil@switch-off.co.uk. If you broadcast the series - even better!
The current series will be weekly from July until at least the end of December.
In June 2008 a press release by UK development charity Christian Aid announced that the government had âevisceratedâ the Climate Change Bill â a groundbreaking piece of legislation which will put greenhouse gas reduction targets into UK law. The UK government intended to remove key ammendments that have been made by the House of Lords.
We speak to Eliot Whittington, Christian Aidâs senior advisor on Climate Change and Sustainable Development about their concerns and how they might be addressed. These include?
- an outdated target of 60% reduction in CO2 by 2050 - reference to the 2C global threshold removed - shipping and aviation still not included - carbon footrpint disclosure by UK companies removed - no limit on the amount of carbon credits that can be bought to meet targets
Government âEvisceratesâ Climate Change Bill â Christian Aid, 9 June 2008 http://www.christianaid.org.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/june2008/climate_bill_eviscerated.aspx Mind The Gap â Why the UK Governmentâs CC Bill will not reduce emissions (WDM, May 2008) http://www.wdm.org.uk/resources/reports/climate/mindthegap01032008.pdf George Monbiot â Traded Away (The Guardian, 24 July 2008) http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/07/24/traded-away/ Reframing Climate Change? From Long-term targets to Emission Pathways - Professor Kevin Anderson, Tyndall Centre (17 June 2008) http://www.tenalpsevents.com/ContentFiles/1315%20KEVIN%20ANDERSON.ppt Why the Governmentâs Carbon Diet must include Chocolate (Friends of the Earth, May 2008) http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/why_the_governments_carbon.pdf DEFRA Climate Change Bill page http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/uk/legislation/ UK Parliament Climate Change Bill page http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2007-08/climatechangehl.html
![<?php echo $config['site_title']; ?>](/static/images/rp-navimg.gif)
![Support the <?php echo $config['site_title']; ?>](/static/images/support.png)
