25 September 2007
Global temperature rises can be limited to 2 degrees Celsius, the Prime Minister has told green campaigners
In a letter to Stop Climate Chaos, a coalition of green groups, Mr Brown said "all developed countries" needed to commit to reduce emissions to tackle the problem.
The PM said the warming of the planet poses "the most urgent challenge to humankind". He added that the challenge threatens not only the environment, but "international peace, security, prosperity and development" as well.
The letter came ahead of a week of talks on developing a new international treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012.
Environment Secretary Hilary Benn attended high-level talks on the issue at the UN yesterday designed to build momentum towards the UN climate change conference that takes place in Bali in December
The PM called on other developed countries to follow the EU and make a firm independent commitment to achieve at least a 20 per cent reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
"The urgency of this challenge is now very clear," Mr Brown said.
"The UK, along with our European partners, will therefore be using the few remaining months before Bali to promote our vision of a comprehensive UN framework.
"Currently this is the only comprehensive model on the table which will generate the commitments and financial flows necessary to move us towards a global low carbon economy and avoid dangerous climate change."
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