Published 2 September 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b3520
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3520

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BMJ lends its support to 10:10 climate change campaign

Helen Mooney

1 London

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

A campaign to encourage public sector organisations, private sector companies, and the public to reduce carbon emissions by 10% by 2010 has been launched by the team behind The Age of Stupid, a film about climate change.

The 10:10 campaign, which has the backing of the BMJ, has been launched to encourage people to show the government that they have got a mandate to reduce carbon emissions.

The aim is to obtain as many signatories as possible by 21 September and to urge the government’s climate change and energy secretary, Ed Miliband, to commit the country to the 10:10 target ahead of the next set of international talks on climate scheduled for December in Copenhagen.

The campaign team’s hope is that if Mr Miliband signs up to 10:10 it could help to break the deadlock in negotiations on the reduction of carbon emissions.

The national campaign also hopes . . . [Full text of this article]


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