We must do everything we can to meet our moral obligations to the world’s poorest people who have done least to create climate change but who stand to suffer first and worst.
The UK must provide funds for adaptation, mitigation and low carbon development in poor countries. Aside from helping to build a global low carbon economy (which is in all our interests), such funding should be seen as compensation owed for the damage we are causing to some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. This follows the established ‘polluter pays’ principle; and committing to providing such funding would demonstrate good faith on the part of the UK ahead of the international climate talks at Copenhagen.
The specific actions we call on the UK Government to take are to:
Students voice their opinion on climate change
Practical Action
11 March
Army chief sees no need to replace Trident
Greenpeace
11 March
High speed rail announcement - Greenpeace response
Greenpeace
10 March
MPs grill bailed-out banks chief over RBS climate chaos funding
People & Planet
9 March
‘Growing the Future’: Trust launches its general election manifesto
Woodland Trust
4 March
New Report - RBS is UK's biggest tar sands funder
People & Planet
4 March
Energy in developing countries
Practical Action
3 March
Will Britain's biggest funders drop tar sands?
People & Planet
2 March
Why Greenpeace supports a Marine Reserve in the Chagos
Greenpeace
2 March
Tories’ ‘new age of agriculture’ includes native woods and trees.
Woodland Trust
2 March