Luciana Berger MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister for Climate Change, commenting on the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s fifth assessment report, published today, said:

“Today’s IPCC report is a stark reminder from the world’s leading climate experts of the scale of the challenge we face to preserve our planet for future generations.

"David Cameron promised his would be the greenest government ever, but he is failing to show the leadership we desperately need to tackle climate change both at home and abroad. On his watch we have an Environment Secretary who doesn’t believe in climate change, our carbon emissions are rising rather than falling and the Government has failed to set a target a clean up our power system by 2030.

"With the 2015 Paris climate conference only two years away, it is vital that Britain makes every diplomatic effort in the coming months to help secure a new global and legally-binding climate change agreement. Scientists have reached an agreement. Governments and policymakers must show they can do the same and take action now.”

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