open letter from environmental coalition
? Read the open letter to David Cameron
The prime minister is in danger of breaking his pledge to lead the "greenest
government ever", a coalition of environmental charities and aid agencies has
warned.
In an open letter to David Cameron on the first anniversary of the speech in
which he made the promise, the chief executives of 15 campaign groups
including Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, Christian Aid, Oxfam and the Royal
Society for the Protection of Birds said he must set out the case that a green
economy was central to UK prosperity and not "a cost to be endlessly debated
and watered down".
As a first step the prime minister must send a signal to investors and the
public by accepting key recommendations by the government's climate advisors
to sign up to a 50% cut in emissions on 1990 levels by 2025 and 60% cuts by
2030, they urged.
The call comes after reports of a split within the cabinet over whether to
accept the Committee on Climate Change's recommendations on the fourth five-
year "carbon budget", which will govern ...
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