The government that wins the next election stands to govern for half of the decade that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says we have left to tackle the climate emergency. We have largely enjoyed a broad “climate consensus” in this country: we believe in the science, most of us don’t indulge climate change deniers and there is agreement on the need to act. What is your vision for tackling the climate emergency? But the climate emergency matters even more to the long-term future of the country. • Ed Miliband is MP for Doncaster North and a former climate change secretary

Source: The Guardian October 11, 2019 14:00 UTC