Commenting on today’s (Monday 25 March) warning from Professor Sir John Beddington, the Government’s out-going chief scientific adviser, on the urgent need to tackle climate change, Friends of the Earth’s Policy and Campaigns Director Craig Bennett said:

“Climate change is one of the biggest threats the planet faces – and unless we urgently act to cut emissions we face an economic and environmental catastrophe.

“From droughts and floods to snow storms, Britain is increasingly battered by extreme weather.

“Ministers must listen to Professor Beddington and other leading scientists and slash UK emissions – starting with an amendment in the Energy Bill to decarbonise the power sector by 2030.”

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