In response to the UK Parliament approving ratification of the Paris Agreement, Barry Gardiner, Labour’s Shadow Minister for International Climate Change, said:
“I welcome the good news that the UK is now ready to ratify the historic Paris Agreement.
"In September we challenged the Government to be one of the founder countries to ratify. And though the agreement actually came into force earlier this month, it is good that there is now cross-party support to get on and implement it.
"This strong signal of the UK's commitment to international co-operation on climate change is even more important following the US election.
"The UK Government must now show their commitment through climate action on the ground. We face a 47 percent shortfall to meet our 2030 climate target. Pursuing fracking and a six-fold tax hike on solar business rates only take us in the wrong direction.”