themes
environment and
climate change
climate change bill
The UK's Climate Change Bill contains provisions that will set a legally binding target for reducing UK carbon dioxide emission by at least 26 per cent by 2020 and at least 60 per cent by 2050, compared to 1990 levels.
The Climate Change Bill received the Royal Assent on 26 November 2008.
You can read the full bill:
Parliament web site 
Briefings
25 March 2008
Operation Noah has produced an updated briefing on the progress of the Climate Change Bill as it passed through the House of Lords:
Operation Noah briefing
A clear, very readable, briefing by the Joint Public Issues Team of the Methodist, Baptist and United Reform Churches, along with Quaker Peace and Social Witness, explains what the Bill is introducing and makes some additional recommendations:
Joint Public Issues Team briefing on the Climate Change Bill
The Rt Revd James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool, spoke during the report stage of the Climate Change Bill in the House of Lords, on 11 March, in support of a new government amendment to ensure that the membership of the new committee on climate change would have expertise on international matters, as well as domestic ones:
Hansard report
