'We'll all be toast'

Colin Challen, MP, today introduced a bill to parliament committing the UK to the contract and converge principle. This is the principle that is supported by Green groups including the Christian Environment bodies in the UK and also the Church of England general synod, among others. As part of this article explaining his reasons for it he writes in terms that echo the American declaration of independence.

We also know that no one is born with an automatic right to emit more greenhouse gases than anyone else. If we dispute that principle, it would be equivalent to saying that some people have a greater right to eat than others. We do not accept that such a right exists, yet our behaviour is quite different.

It's the only way to go, that I can see and is already beginning to usher in a quiet revolution.
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