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READ THE CROSS-PARTY MP LETTER THAT HELPED SECURE A NET ZERO TARGET
In 2018, MPs across parties came together to jointly start a letter asking the Prime Minister to back a UK net zero emissions target ahead of 2050.
Thousands of people used their voices by writing and speaking to their MPs to ask them to sign this letter and show their commitment to a future where the UK no longer contributes to climate change. The campaign also saw letters from business leaders, faith leaders and a 750,000 strong petition. And in June 2019, we got a result when the UK became the first major economy in the world to make a legally binding commitment to reaching net zero by 2050.
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Dear Prime Minister,
Net Zero Emissions
We are writing to you to welcome the announcement that the Government has asked the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) for advice on a net zero emissions target, with the aim of bringing our greenhouse gas emissions reduction target in line with the Paris Agreement.
Given the existing advice from the CCC, the conclusions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, and that other countries have set net zero targets with dates between 2030 and 2050, including France, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and New Zealand, we believe this must be a target of net zero for greenhouse gases before 2050.
British ingenuity, from Isambard Kingdom Brunel to Dorothy Hodgkin, has kept the UK at the forefront of science and engineering for more than two hundred years. Setting ourselves the goal of net zero emissions will put us at the forefront of the race for investment in clean industries, creating jobs all around the UK and inspiring the next generation.
A net zero emissions target, fully implemented, will cut energy bills by improving the efficiency of our homes and businesses, it will get rid of the exhaust pipe emissions that pollute the air we breathe, and it will help to bring about the restoration of our natural habitats so they become stores of carbon, from forests to peatlands. We can have a greener Britain with cleaner air – and by making a clean break from harmful emissions, we’ll be sending a signal to our friends and allies around the world that Britain is shouldering our responsibility and leading the fight against climate change.
Thanks to the actions of Governments of many different parties, and the cross-party consensus that exists in the UK on the need to tackle climate change, since 1992 we have led the world in emissions reductions. We can continue in this proud tradition of leadership by becoming one of the first countries in the world to set a net zero target in law. A recent poll by Opinium shows that 64% of UK adults agree the UK should aim to cut its emissions to zero over the next few decades.
The Paris Agreement commits parties to “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels”. In order to achieve this, we will support you in setting a before-2050 net zero greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, and hope that you will enshrine this in law within the lifetime of this Parliament.
Yours sincerely,
Simon Clarke MP, together with 192 MPs
Peter Aldous, Conservative Party
Rosena Allin-Khan, Labour Party
Heidi Allen, Independent Group
David Amess, Conservative Party
John Baron, Conservative Party
Kevin Barron, Labour Party
Richard Benyon, Conservative Party
Luciana Berger, Independent Group
Bob Blackman, Conservative Party
Roberta Blackman-Woods, Labour Party
Paul Blomfield, Labour Party
Peter Bottomley, Conservative Party
Ben Bradshaw, Labour Party
Tom Brake, Liberal Democrats
Kevin Brennan, Labour Party
Jack Brereton, Conservative Party
Fiona Bruce, Conservative Party
Karen Buck, Labour Party
Vince Cable, Liberal Democrats
Ruth Cadbury, Labour Party
Alan Campbell, Labour Party
Ronnie Campbell, Labour Party
Maria Caulfield, Conservative Party
Alex Chalk, Conservative Party
Douglas Chapman. Scottish National Party
Bambos Charalambous, Labour Party
Joanna Cherry, Scottish National Party
Ronnie Cowan, Scottish National Party
Neil Coyle. Labour Party
Rosie Cooper, Labour Party
Robert Courts, Conservative Party
Angela Crawley, Scottish National Party
Mary Creagh, Labour Party
Jon Cruddas, Labour Party
Alex Cunningham, Labour Party
Janet Daby, Labour Party
Ed Davey, Liberal Democrats
Glyn Davies, Conservative Party
Martyn Day, Scottish National Party
Gloria De Piero, Labour Party
Thangam Debonnaire, Labour Party
Emma Dent-Coad, Labour Party
Steve Double, Conservative Party
Stephen Doughty, Labour Party
David Drew, Labour Party
Jack Dromey, Labour Party
Philip Dunne, Conservative Party
Jonathan Edwards, Plaid Cymru
Susan Elan Jones, Labour Party
Louise Ellman, Labour Party
Chris Elmore, Labour Party
Nigel Evans, Conservative Party
Paul Farrelly, Labour Party
Tim Farron, Liberal Democrats
Frank Field, Labour Party
Vicky Ford, Conservative Party
Yvonne Fovargue, Labour Party
James Frith, Labour Party
Roger Gale, Conservative Party
Mark Garnier, Conservative Party
Ruth George, Labour Party
Cheryl Gillan, Conservative Party
Mary Glindon, Labour Party
Roger Godsiff, Labour Party
Zac Goldsmith, Conservative Party
Helen Goodman, Labour Party
Mike Gapes, Independent Group
Barry Gardiner, Labour Party
Luke Graham, Conservative Party
Richard Graham, Conservative Party
Bill Grant, Conservative Party
Damian Green, Conservative Party
Kate Green, Labour Party
Justine Greening, Conservative Party
Margaret Greenwood, Labour Party
Lillian Greenwood, Labour Party
John Grogan, Labour Party
Louise Haigh, Labour Party
Stephen Hammond, Conservative Party
David Hanson, Labour Party
Harriet Harman, Labour Party
Richard Harrington, Conservative Party
Helen Hayes, Labour Party
Oliver Heald, Conservative Party
James Heappey, Conservative Party
Mark Hendrick, Labour Party
Drew Hendry, Scottish National Party
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrats
Margaret Hodge, Labour Party
Kevin Hollinrake, Conservative Party
Kelvin Hopkins, Independent
George Howarth, Labour Party
Rupa Huq, Labour Party
Dan Jarvis, Labour Party
Ranil Jayawardena, Conservative Party
Bernard Jenkin, Conservative Party
Darren Jones, Labour Party
Sarah Jones, Labour Party
Rachel Maclean, Conservative Party
Gillian Keegan, Conservative Party
Ged Killen, Labour Party
Peter Kyle, Labour Party
Ben Lake, Plaid Cymru
Norman Lamb, Liberal Democrats
Pauline Latham, Conservative Party
Chris Law, Scottish National Party
Jeremy Lefroy, Conservative Party
Oliver Letwin, Conservative Party
Clive Lewis, Labour Party
Ivan Lewis, Independent
Stephen Lloyd, Liberal Democrats
Tony Lloyd, Labour Party
Rebecca Long-Bailey, Labour Party
Jonathan Lord, Conservative Party
Tim Loughton, Conservative Party
Caroline Lucas, Green Party
Ian Lucas, Labour Party
Anne Main, Conservative Party
John Mann, Labour Party
Sandy Martin, Labour Party
Rachael Maskell, Labour Party
Paul Masterton, Conservative Party
Chris Matheson, Labour Party
Steve McCabe, Labour Party
Kerry McCarthy, Labour Party
Siobhain McDonagh, Labour Party
Alison McGovern, Labour Party
Catherine McKinnell, Labour Party
Anna McMorrin, Labour Party
Johnny Mercer, Conservative Party
Ed Miliband, Labour Party
Andrew Mitchell, Conservative Party
Madeleine Moon, Labour Party
Damien Moore, Conservative Party
Layla Moran, Liberal Democrats
Nicky Morgan, Conservative Party
Stephen Morgan, Labour Party
Ian Murray, Labour Party
Bob Neill, Conservative Party
Brendan O'Hara, Scottish National Party
Jared O'Mara, Independent
Toby Perkins, Labour Party
Mike Penning, Conservative Party
Matthew Pennycook, Labour Party
John Penrose, Conservative Party
Luke Pollard, Labour and Co-op Party
Daniel Poulter, Conservative Party
Rebecca Pow, Conservative Party
Yasmin Qureshi, Labour Party
Ellie Reeves, Labour Party
Marie Rimmer, Labour Party
Gavin Robinson, Democratic Unionist Party
Matt Rodda, Labour Party
Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour Party
Antoinette Sandbach, Conservative Party
Liz Saville Roberts, Plaid Cymru
Andrew Selous, Conservative Party
Virendra Sharma, Labour Party
Barry Sheerman, Labour Party
Tommy Sheppard, Scottish National Party
Gavin Shuker, Independent Group
Tulip Siddiq, Labour Party
Cat Smith, Labour Party
Eleanor Smith, Labour Party
Henry Smith, Conservative Party
Jeff Smith, Labour Party
Laura Smith, Labour Party
Nick Smith, Labour Party
Owen Smith, Labour Party
Royston Smith, Conservative Party
Nicholas Soames, Conservative Party
Alex Sobel, Labour Party
Anna Soubry, Independent Group
Caroline Spelman, Conservative Party
Jo Stevens, Labour Party
Jamie Stone, Liberal Democrats
Desmond Swayne, Conservative Party
Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrats
Hugo Swire, Conservative Party
Derek Thomas, Conservative Party
Stephen Timms, Labour Party
Michael Tomlinson, Conservative Party
Thomas Tugendhat, Conservative Party
Chuka Umunna, Independent Group
Ed Vaizey, Conservative Party
Thelma Walker, Labour Party
David Warburton, Conservative Party
Giles Watling, Conservative Party
Catherine West, Labour Party
Matt Western, Labour Party
Alan Whitehead, Labour Party
Dr Philippa Whitford, Scottish National Party
Dr Paul Williams, Labour Party
Dr Sarah Wollaston, Independent Group
Daniel Zeichner, Labour Party
Willian Wragg, Conservative Party
Plus 53 signatures from the Members of the House of Lords
YOUR MP HASN'T SIGNED UP
If your MP hasn't signed their name to the joint MP letter yet, hosting a Show The Love event and inviting them, visiting them at their surgery, or sending them a letter or email is the perfect way to show them that you support them taking action for a cleaner future.
YOUR MP HAS SIGNED UP
If your MP has signed up to the joint MP letter, say thank you! This letter is only the first step towards a cleaner future, and the more they know how much their constituents support them taking action the more likely they'll be to keep speaking up in Parliament.
