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Prime Minister launches The Big Ask climate debate
22 November 2006
Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Director of Friends of the Earth, Tony Juniper will kick off an online debate on the solutions to climate change today (Wednesday 22 November). The Big Ask climate debate is being hosted at www.foe.co.uk as part of The Big Ask, Friends of the Earth's climate campaign.
Tony Blair and Tony Juniper will launch the climate debate with short articles outlining what they think needs to be done to tackle climate change. Members of the public are invited to add their thoughts and comments over the course of the following week with Blair and Juniper posting their response on Wednesday 29 November.
The debate comes one week after the Government announced in the Queen's Speech that it would introduce a Climate Change Bill. The Bill - the details of which are yet to be announced - will be debated in Parliament before becoming law. The Big Ask campaign is calling for the Government to ensure that the Climate Change Bill commits the UK to cutting its carbon dioxide emissions by at least three per cent year on year.
Friends of the Earth's Director, Tony Juniper said:
"Over the next few months politicians will be debating what action the UK should take to tackle climate change. What they do will affect us all so it's vitally important the public get involved in the debate. I will be pressing the Prime Minister to introduce annual targets for cutting the UK's carbon dioxide emissions. But everyone can have their say in The Big Ask climate debate at www.foe.co.uk"
Notes
Full copies of Tony Blair's and Tony Juniper's articles are available under embargo.
Friends of the Earth is a member of the Stop Climate Chaos coalition which brings together environment and development organisations, unions, faith, community and women's groups. The coalition's campaign, "I Count" is designed to inspire personal and political action and counter the view that climate change is too big a problem to fix. More information at: icount.org.uk
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Last modified: Jun 2008
