INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM, THE ENERGY REVIEW, THE KYOTO PROTOCOL AND THE RIO +10 CONFERENCE

Motion Text

That this House welcomes the Government's commitment to resolve asymmetric conflicts such as global terrorism and climate change through the process of international coalition building; further welcomes the launch of the Energy Review and the Government's commitment to respond to the 22nd Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, 'Energy-the Changing Climate'; notes that terrorism is more likely to flourish in conditions of social injustice and environmental degradation; further notes the significant disparities in energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions between developed and developing countries; further welcomes Recommendation 3 of the RCEP's 22nd Report that 'The Government should press for a further global climate agreement based on the Contraction and Convergence approach, combined with the international trading in emission permits; is seriously concerned at the vulnerability to terrorist attack of Britain's nuclear power stations and facilities and the related transportation of radioactive materials; is encouraged by the rapid development of renewable energy technologies which offer the prospect of security and self sufficiency in energy supply to developed and developing countries; and, therefore, calls on the Prime Minister to demonstrate further global leadership at next year's World Conference on Substainable Development by arguing the case for a policy of contraction and convergence of greenhouse gas emissions as the only realistic means of managing the transition from a carbon economy in a way that allows for equitable access to safe, renewable, low-intensity, self-sufficient and decentralised forms of energy supply.