More than 80 Labour MPs have reportedly signed an amendment to the Climate Change Bill which would force the government to raise its targets for cuts in carbon emissions. The bill commits ministers to a 60 per cent cut in CO2 emissions by 2050, while MPs want that changed to 80 per cent. The background: Gordon Brown has asked Lord Turner’s climate change committee to examine the issue, reporting at the end of the year. Yesterday I spoke to Tim Yeo, chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, which has just put out a report warning that such targets are useless if the UK continues with various policies such as expanding airports. Yeo takes a sceptical view of the 2050 target and would rather see the emphasis on a cut of up to 40 per cent by 2020. His point is that by 2050 most MPs will probably be dead. By 2020 many will be...
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