Corbyn launches bid to declare a national climate emergency
by Toby Helm from on (#4E1B2)
Labour will attempt to force Commons vote as it is revealed that the government has failed to spend anti-pollution cash
Labour will this week force a vote in parliament to declare a national environmental and climate change emergency as confidential documents show the government has spent only a fraction of a 100m fund allocated in 2015 to support clean air projects.
Jeremy Corbyn's party will demand on Wednesday that the country wakes up to the threat and acts with urgency to avoid more than 1.5C of warming, which will require global emissions to fall by about 45% from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching "net zero" before 2050.
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