Cameron must make a climate U-turn immediately if he isn’t to betray Paris | Craig Bennett
by Craig Bennett from Environment | The Guardian on (#XNXG)
The prime minister hit the right notes with his speech at the climate change summit. But that message is at odds with his government's policies
The prime minister is right. He concluded his speech at the start of the Paris climate change summit by saying: "Instead of making excuses tomorrow to our children and grandchildren, we should be taking action against climate change today." Friends of the Earth could not agree more.
So why is it that almost everything Cameron's government has done on climate and energy since being elected in May has moved us in the wrong direction, towards pitiful excuse-making when we come to look our children in the eye, let alone our grandchildren?
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