Extinction Rebellion - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 11:06 am on 31 October 2019.

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Photo of Lord Dubs Lord Dubs Labour 11:06, 31 October 2019

My Lords, is the Minister aware that many organisations are saying that a target date of 2050 is far too far away, that we should be treating this as a major emergency and, at most, 2030 should be the target date? There is going to be a catastrophe. We cannot leave it to the next generation to deal with the mess that we have left them. Surely, we have to deal with this more urgently. We are sleep-walking into a terrible crisis.