The UN climate conference in Lima, Peru has ended and, no matter how governments try to conceal the fact, it was a failure. The Lima deal agreed is based on a voluntary basis which allows nations to set their own CO2 targets and policies without any legally binding caps or international monitoring.

Britain was stupid enough to enact the Climate Change Act which legally obliged Britain to meet its targeted CO2 reduction. Other countries refused to commit, including China, the biggest polluter on the planet.

Now that Lima has removed any legal obligation for governments to cap or reduce CO2 emissions, it is clearer than ever that Britain should suspend its Climate Change Act until such time as a binding global agreement is secured - which everyone knows will be never.

Clark Cross

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