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G20 Failed On Climate Change - Teather
April 14, 2009 12:22 AM
Local Brent MP Sarah Teather has challenged the Labour government to do more on climate change
Brent's local Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather has challenged the Chancellor of the Exchequer in parliament to commit the UK to leading the fight against climate change.
With the G20 failing to make a serious commitment to emissions cuts last week, Sarah is urging the government to lay the groundwork for a serious climate deal in Copenhagen in December.
Also in parliament, Sarah called on the government to:
- cancel the VAT cut, and to put the money saved into insulating homes, schools and hospitals and building new zero-carbon homes;
- match reform of the banking sector with carbon reporting, to prevent environmentally damaging investments in tar sands and deforestation;
- cancel damaging environmental projects such as Heathrow, or unabated coal power stations such as Kingsnorth.
Local Liberal Democrat MP for Brent East Sarah Teather said:
"It was disappointing that the G20 summit didn't achieve more on climate change. Rich countries must make a serious commitment to cutting emissions, and promise to help those poorer countries who are set to suffer from the effects of climate change already too late to stop.
"The banking sector hasn't just helped ruin our economy, they have helped to ruin our planet as well. The government must force banks to report on their carbon emissions, so that we can scrutinise their actions and be sure that they are acting in an environmentally responsible way.
"Many people in Brent care passionately about climate change and the environment, but are seeing their good work cancelled out by the irresponsible actions of those in power. The Labour Government must do all they can to work towards a real agreement on climate change when the G20 next meet in December."
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