Leading Greens respond to COP21 announcement

12 December 2015

* Caroline Lucas MP: “We are moving closer to "climate justice for all"

* Natalie Bennett: World leaders must now "return home and deliver on the promise of Paris" 

Reacting to the Paris Agreement, Natalie Bennett, Green Party Leader, said:

"The Global climate deal is an important step towards delivering a just transition to a sustainable future and sends a resounding message that the fossil fuel era is in its final throes.

"What matters now is whether governments, who have assembled in Paris for two weeks of sometimes gruelling negotiations, put their words into action at home. That means concrete policies to urgently deliver the fossil fuel free future that the climate movement has been demanding for many years.

"The move to limit temperatures rise to 1.5C is welcome and offers those most vulnerable to catastrophic climate change the promise of a better future.

"It is now down to world leaders to return home and deliver on the promise of Paris."

Also speaking from Paris, Caroline Lucas, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, said:

"Thanks to the efforts of a worldwide climate movement this agreement is a step towards the end of the fossil fuel era.

"The inclusion of the 1.5 degree target is a welcome recognition of what's needed to protect those most at risk from climate change.

"To make this meaningful we now desperately need a clear plan for 100% renewables by 2050, action to keep fossil fuels in the ground from this point forwards, and to redouble efforts to force the system change that will deliver climate justice for all."

 

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