Action Expired - November 2007
Thom Yorke launching the campaign for a climate bill, May 2005
Balthazar Serreay/Friends of the Earth
What is the first draft of a bill?
The Climate Bill outlines the Government’s view of how the legislation should look.
What still needs to happen to make the Climate Bill law?
November 2006 Queen’s Speech: first formal announcement of the Climate Bill
March 2007 Publication of first draft of the Climate Change Bill
March - June 2007 Consultation period
Autumn 2007 Climate Change Bill introduced to Parliament
In 2006, on the eve of critical international climate change talks in Nairobi, People & Planet groups mounted a massive campaign lobbying for the introduction of a Climate Bill in the Queen’s Speech.
Groups met their MPs, held public meetings, and marched in the Carnival of Climate Chaos. We even had an hour long meeting with the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. It’s all this hard campaigning that has helped us get so far. In November 2006 the Government announced they would introduce a Climate Change Bill, the first draft of which was published in March 2007.
To get a Climate Bill with teeth — a Climate Bill that lowers the UK’s CO₂ emissions by the 80% needed to avoid dangerous climate change — we need to build on the incredibly successful campaigning we’ve done so far. We need to make sure that we feed into the consultation with good suggestions to make the Bill as effective as possible, before it becomes law.
Have your say
Voice your concerns about the Climate Change Bill.
P&P’s Climate Bill Briefing shows you how you can respond to the consultation. Take action today!
The DEFRA website has more information about the draft Bill, and links to the consultation document and response form.
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