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Climate Change

Debate on Thursday, 6 February 2020, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Browne of Ladyton. The answering member was Lord Duncan of Springbank.
Lords motion to take note, further to the report by UK FIRES, Absolute Zero, published in November 2019, of technological and lifestyle efforts (1) to address climate change, and (2) to meet the 2050 net zero carbon emissions target. Agreed to on question.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
801 cc1938-1980 
Session
2019-21
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions
Lord Browne of Ladyton | 801 cc1939-1943 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in opening this debate, I am conscious that I am neither a scientist nor an engineer no...

Baroness Walmsley | 801 cc1941-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton, for securing this important debate. It ...


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Earl of Caithness | 801 cc1944-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with page four of the report, which states that in reality, most UK cuts in emi...

Bishop of Oxford | 801 cc1945-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I warmly welcome this report and this vital debate. Never before in the scale of human ...

Lord Hannay of Chiswick | 801 cc1946-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I hope I may be forgiven for concentrating my remarks in this extremely timely debate—f...

Lord Giddens | 801 cc1948-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, for the past few days I have been absorbed in the book A Farewell to Ice by Peter Wadha...

Lord Redesdale | 801 cc1949-1950 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as CEO of SECR Reporting Ltd and as CEO of the Energy Managers’ A...

Lord Judd | 801 cc1950-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am glad to follow that very challenging speech from the noble Lord, Lord Redesdale. I...

Lord Hunt of Chesterton | 801 cc1951-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Browne for introducing this debate. I declare my interest ...

Lord Broers | 801 cc1952-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome this debate and the Absolute Zero report by UK FIRES. It is essential that ac...

Lord Reid of Cardowan | 801 cc1954-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord Browne on securing this debate and on his opening e...

Lord Birt | 801 cc1955-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the UK has already made much progress on the path to net zero, and we should not dimini...

Lord Whitty | 801 cc1956-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for introducing us to this report. It makes extremely ...

Lord Bilimoria | 801 cc1958-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the world will need substantially more energy as it grows and prospers and living stand...

Lord Lipsey | 801 cc1959-1961 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Browne, for bringing the report to us. It has certai...

Baroness Lane-Fox of Soho | 801 cc1961-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as global emissions from ICT have now overtaken those from air travel, you can imagine ...

Lord Soley | 801 cc1962-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think every noble Lord in the House agrees about the threat and danger of climate cha...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 801 cc1963-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Browne of Ladyton, for bringing this important report to o...

Lord Ravensdale | 801 cc1965-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Browne, for tabling this important and timely debate. I de...

Lord Berkeley | 801 cc1966-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Browne for securing this debate and we have heard...

Lord Rees of Ludlow | 801 cc1967-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, a key message of the UK FIRES report is that it is tough to meet even our declared 2050...

Viscount Hanworth | 801 cc1968-1970 (Link to this contribution)

At this late stage of the debate, I am bound to repeat much of what has already been said. For a ...

Lord Oates | 801 cc1970-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I draw attention to my interests as set out in the register, having worked until recent...

Lord Grantchester | 801 cc1972-5 (Link to this contribution)

This has been an excellent debate on the imperatives of climate change. I start by thanking my no...

Lord Duncan of Springbank | 801 cc1974-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as expected, this has been a wide-ranging debate, covering a great many aspects of ener...

Lord Browne of Ladyton | 801 cc1979-1980 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I knew when I secured this debate that it would be a good one. It is a privilege to be ...

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