Let's work together to make it happen

We return from Copenhagen with an Accord which represents the start of a new chapter on climate change, though it falls far short of everything we wanted.

The Copenhagen deal includes:

* International backing for an overall limit of 2 degrees on global warming

* An agreement that all countries need to take action on climate change

* Provision of immediate and longer term financial help to those countries most at risk of climate change.

* List what each and every country is doing to tackle climate change – including economy-wide commitments to cut emissions by developed countries and actions by developing countries

* Real scrutiny and transparency to ensure emission targets are put into effect, with mandatory reporting every two years for developing countries

* Billions of immediate short term funding from developed countries over the next three years to kick start emission reduction measures and help the poorest countries adapt to the impacts of climate change

* Developed countries to work to provide long term financing of 100 billion dollars a year by 2020, a figure first put forward by Prime Minister Gordon Brown in June of this year.

It's now critical that we build on this momentum and keep working until we have the truly ambitious deal we all seek.

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With the Copenhagen climate change summit now over, many are saying an ambitious deal is impossible and that we should all give up. I disagree. While the deal was far from everything we hoped for, public pressure was critical in securing the gains we did achieve - such as aid for poor countries to adapt to climate change.   The British government was at the forefront in pushing for an ambitious deal and I know that public concern about climate change was key to that.   It's now critical that we ensure countries stick to their pledges and work on more ambitious efforts to tackle climate change.   Public pressure will therefore become more important, not less important. I've sent a direct message to Ed Miliband to show my support for UK leadership and I'd urge you to do the same at <a href="http://www.EdsPledge.com">EdsPledge.com</a> The campaign to save the planet from climate change has only just begun, but it's a fight we have to win.