Tell the Government to reduce their carbon emissions by 10% next year

Parliament are deciding whether they should join the 10:10 campaign which would commit them to reducing their emissions by 10% by the end of 2010. Tell your MP to vote to join the campaign.

It only takes 2 minutes to contact your MP, so please tell them to vote to join the 10:10 campaign.

What’s this all about?

There’s going to be an important vote on climate change in parliament this Wednesday. MPs are voting on whether or not the House of Commons and the whole of government should join the 10:10 campaign. This would commit the government to cutting their own emissions by 10% next year.

If they vote top join the campaign, it’ll be a massive boost in the fight against climate change. So today we need to pile on the pressure for them to vote the right way.

We know that thousands of us contacting our MPs at the right moment works on this issue. Just a few weeks ago, thousands asked MPs to join 10:10 themselves, and now nearly 200 have done so. We can have the same impact this time in the run up to Wednesday’s vote.

Why now?

The next few weeks are critical for tackling climate change. Life and death decisions about the future of our planet will be taken at global talks in Copenhagen this December. We need the UK government to go to Copenhagen in a good position to secure a strong and fair deal. Practicing what we preach at home is crucial to promoting strong international action. The right result on Wednesday would push the government to do more to cut our emissions, and send positive ripples around the world at this crucial time.