New Climate Change Bill!!

And so, what began as Friends of the Earth's Big Ask campaign in 2005 is now taking the shape of parliamentary legislation in a draft Climate Change Bill published today. A major step forward, especially in its headline objective of enshrining into law the commitment to cut carbon emissions 60% by 2050.

The devil, of course, is in the detail, but today is a big moment that I'm proud to have been part of (together with numerous other Aber students) in lobbying MPs to throw their support behind the push for the Climate Change Bill. What will the current proposals achieve? I'll leave that up to the concise summaries provided by the BBC and the Guardian. Environment Secretary David Miliband even explains it all for us in a 2-min YouTube video clip!

And of course, you can join in the clamour for a strong Climate Change Bill that 'does stuff' through the Friends of the Earth website to contact your Member of Parliament.