The UK government is to take new action in response to climate change, according to an announcement yesterday.
According to Hilary Benn MP, Ministers will this summer set out the building blocks of a ‘five point plan’ designed both to reduce carbon dioxide emissions at home and abroad and “to protect and prepare for the changes that are already inevitable“.
Climate change is already happening in the UK. The ten hottest years on record globally have occurred since 1990. The South and South East of England are short of water and we have seen increased incidents of flooding.
Benn says the Government has more than doubled spending on flood protection since 1997, developed a heatwave plan in the NHS and is helping communities affected by coastal erosion. These measures are in addition to the push for renewable energy and come at the same time as the UN announced “Seal the Deal Campaign” – a campaign to gather the political momentum needed to seal the Kyoto agreement successor in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Find out more about climate change projections for the UK from Benn’s You Tube video below.
