The Green Party has today urged the Coalition Government to commit to reducing carbon emissions immediately following critical data from the World Meteorological organisation (WMO) which shows that rising carbon dioxide levels have pushed greenhouse gases to record highs in the atmosphere. Worryingly, concentrations of carbon dioxide have increased at their fastest rate for 30 years in 2013.
Green Party Leader, Natalie Bennett, said:
"It is a welcome step that he has, finally, committed to being in New York later this month for the climate talks called by the UN Secretary General.
"A global deal on greenhouse gas emissions is essential for all of our futures. As I said in my Green Party conference speech last week, there are no jobs on a dead planet and no life as we know it on a 6-degree-warmed world.
"But it's clear that as part of this deal Britain will have to significantly change direction, with abandonment of this government's fracking fantasy an important first step."
The Green Party has been vocal in condemning the British Government for its plans to increase dependence on dangerous carbon dioxide emitting fossil fuels through fracking.
Green Party Science and Technology Spokesperson, James Abbott said:
“The exact scale of long impacts from climate change are unknown. But we do know that the most significant areas for concern include sea level rise, increases in ocean and air temperature, ocean acidification, major regional changes such as in the Arctic, as well as more extreme weather events worldwide.
“The Green Party is the only party that both accepts the scientific evidence on climate change and has the policies to make sure that the UK plays its full role in tackling the problem, alongside a concerted international effort to do so. “