Carbon Mitigation (Developing Countries)
Energy and Climate Change
House of Commons debates, 5 November 2009, 10:30 am
Edward Miliband (Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change; Doncaster North, Labour)
I do not think that we should be in plan B territory. I think that we need to be in plan A territory, and plan A territory is about striving for an ambitious deal in December.
The truth is that this is not going to get any easier. We face very difficult issues. Why is it so difficult? It is difficult because the world is trying to do what it has never done before, and cut global emissions. Kyoto and previous agreements never achieved that. It is tough, but I think that we must strive all out for December. In a sense, the deadline is concentrating minds. We have to raise the stakes and make sure that we get an agreement in December.