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UK climate projections: a wake-up call on the need to urgently slash emissions
18 June 2009
Reacting to today's UK Climate Projections 2009, Friends of the Earth's Executive Director, Andy Atkins said:
"This extremely valuable report is an important wake-up call on the need for urgent action to slash emissions."
"Climate change will have a major impact on the UK - and this will be devastating if the world fails to move rapidly towards a low-carbon future."
"The UK Government must show real global leadership ahead of December's crucial UN climate summit by agreeing to cut our emissions by at least 42 per cent by 2020 - without any offsetting - and ensuring that tackling global warming is at the heart of every policy."
"Local councils have a key role to play too - this means rapidly cutting their emissions, as well as action to adapt to the impacts that are warned of in this stark report."
"Investing in solutions such as cutting energy waste and developing renewable power will also create tens of thousands of new green jobs, end fuel poverty and help create a cleaner, safer future for us all."
1. The UK Climate Projections 2009, based on Met Office science, illustrate the extent of the changes the UK might face in the absence of global action to cut emissions - warmer and wetter winters, hotter and drier summers, increased risk of coastal erosion and more severe weather.
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Last modified: Jun 2009
