I’ve been backing the 10:10 campaign - I was really pleased when the whole cabinet signed up to cut their CO2 emissions by 10% in 2010, and I know the campaign has been going from strength to strength.

There’s a debate about it today in the House of Commons – Joan Ruddock will be leading for our side (I can’t be there because I’m meeting European environment ministers) but I’d urge you all to get your MP to vote for the Labour motion, backing the 10:10 campaign and supporting the long term emissions cuts the government is making – just so you know we’re allocating £20million pounds to cut CO2 emissions from the government estate.

We know it’s important to show leadership in this area – if we want everyone else to retrofit their homes it’s important government buildings get some treatment. Some of the money will go on energy efficiency and some will go on mapping the possibilities of renewable energy on public land – that’ll be led by the Forestry commission. So it’s good news. Please get your MP to support us.

You can email your MP at writetothem.com

The amendment reads:

"Welcomes the 10:10 campaign as a motivator of public action to cut carbon emissions through individual and collective behaviour change, recognises the value of such campaigns to build public support for action by governments to agree an ambitious effective and fair deal at Copenhagen, recognises the significant effort made by individuals and organisations to cut their emissions through the 10:10 campaign, supports the world first Climate Change Act introduced by this government and the system of carbon budgets that enables Britain to set itself on a low carbon pathway, notes that carbon budgets ensure active policies by Whitehall departments and the public sector that deliver long term sustained emissions reductions not just in 2010 but through to 2022 and beyond, supports the efforts of local councils to move towards local carbon budgets by signing up to the 10:10 campaign, welcomes the allocation of up to £20m for central government departments to enable them to reduce further and faster carbon emissions from their operations, estate and transport and further welcomes the cross-cutting Public Value Programme review of the low carbon potential of the public sector, which will focus on how the sector can achieve transformational financial savings through value for money carbon reductions"



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