On a level with tackling slavery

Originally published @ 11:42 pm, Mon 7th Dec 2009

Gordon Brown is striking today in stating that he regards tackling climate change as a challenge on a level with tackling -

• slavery,

• women's oppression,

• mass unemployment or

• nuclear war

and thus something we should determine to crack.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cif-green/2009/dec/06/gordon-brown-climate-change-copenhagen

Gordon re-iterates the point about the science demonstrating the problems we face are man-made.

"so I will take on with evidence, argument and moral passion all the anti-science and anti-change environmental Luddites who seek to stand in the way of progress"

I have elsewehere written to explain my take on the science - http://www.labourblogs.com/public-blog/michaeledwards/19945/

I would add, even if the climate was changing because of natural chnages in the sun's and earth's behaviour, I'd still say we should be reducing the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, cos we need to cool the planet down, espcially cos this is the first age when the human investment in cities, town and villages that is at risk from rising seas and extreme weather is so immense.