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Climate bill consultation - Response by the World Development Movement

WDM welcomes statutory targets for reducing the UK’s contribution to climate change. That said, WDM has a range of concerns relating to whether the proposed content of the bill. This document is based on the questions set out in the consultation document. WDM has not attempted to answer all the questions; instead we have concentrated on the following: The government is absolutely right to set unilateral targets; The focus of the bill solely on CO2 emissions and not on the UK’s overall contribution to climate change could create a major problem for the future; including ‘international action’ within the scope of the bill creates a significant loophole; The UK government has rightly stated that its goal must be to prevent what has become known as ‘dangerous climate change’. The objective of staying within the 2°C threshold should be clearly stated and made a central part of the bill.
 

Aviation duty consultation response

The Department for Transport consultation document on adding capacity at Heathrow says that the consultation “is concerned with the local environmental impacts of future development and operations at Heathrow airport” and that “the global challenge of climate change” is “outside the scope of this consultation”.
The global challenge of climate change should form part of the scope of the consultation for adding capacity at Heathrow. WDM’s response to the consultation therefore focuses on the implications of extra capacity at Heathrow for tackling climate change.
 

Submission to the IDC - Sustainable development in a changing climate

WDM’s submission to the International Development Committee’s (IDC) inquiry into sustainable development in a changing climate. WDM focus on the following four points: The proposed Phulbari open-cast coal mine project in Bangladesh; The centrality of creating a low carbon economy in the UK to enable sustainable development in the global south; The unsustainable use of carbon; The need to halt the growth in aviation emissions from the UK, and the impact this would have on sustainable development in the global south.
 

Submission to the Environmental Audit Committee into the role of carbon markets

WDM’s submission to the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry into the role of carbon markets in preventing dangerous climate change. The focus here is on the following issues: “prospects for the success of Phase III of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)”, “the robustness and effectiveness of "offset" schemes”, “effects of the expansion of the EU ETS to encompass aviation”, “the relationship between emissions credits and the UK carbon budgets set up under the Climate Change Act” and “transparency of and justification for counting the purchase of emissions credits...as decreasing emissions from the UK”.
 

WDM submission to government coal consultation

WDM submission to the September 2009 UK government consultation on coal power. It argues the case for why new coal power stations should not be built in the UK, such as E.On's plans at Kingsnorth in Kent.

Submission to Environmental Audit Select Committee on the impact of overseas aid on climate change

This submission focuses on UK aid in the context of its contribution towards efforts to tackle global climate change.

Submission to the Transport Committee on the future of aviation

WDM’s submission to the Transport Committee’s inquiry into the future of aviation. This focuses on the points: The UK must reduce its emissions; There is slow progress in doing so; Aviation makes-up 10 per cent of the UK’s contribution to climate change; Projections for growth in aviation emissions make it extremely difficult for the UK to meet its emissions targets; Expansion of aviation requires reductions in emissions from all other sectors, for which there are no plans or policies; Predictions of efficiency improvements are very optimistic; Flying is an activity dominated by the Rich; There is no social justice reason to treat aviation as a special case; Including aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) will do little to reduce emissions; Including aviation in the EU ETS will not ensure the UK meets its emissions targets; The global warming costs of aviation will hit poor people across the world the hardest; Equating the global warming costs of aviation solely with economic costs of climate change is unjust.
 



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