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| Brown to target climate change | Brown to target climate change |
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| Chancellor Gordon Brown will try to seize back the green agenda from the Tories when he calls for worldwide action to tackle climate change. | Chancellor Gordon Brown will try to seize back the green agenda from the Tories when he calls for worldwide action to tackle climate change. |
| He will highlight the government's role in setting new European Union standards on carbon dioxide emissions. | |
| But the Green Alliance, the group hosting Mr Brown's speech, criticised the government's green credentials. | |
| The group said the Conservatives' plans for new aviation taxes showed that they were more radical than the government. | The group said the Conservatives' plans for new aviation taxes showed that they were more radical than the government. |
| 'No credibility, no influence' | 'No credibility, no influence' |
| The chancellor will dismiss Conservative leader David Cameron's ability to take a lead on green issues in the European Union because of his party's euro scepticism. | The chancellor will dismiss Conservative leader David Cameron's ability to take a lead on green issues in the European Union because of his party's euro scepticism. |
| "Let us also be clear: only a government fully committed to the UK's role in Europe can show such leadership," he will say. | "Let us also be clear: only a government fully committed to the UK's role in Europe can show such leadership," he will say. |
| "Euro-scepticism and continent-wide environmental action are at odds with each other. | "Euro-scepticism and continent-wide environmental action are at odds with each other. |
| "A government ambivalent about the UK's future in Europe and allied to the most reactionary forces in the European Parliament would have no credibility, no influence and no achievements." | "A government ambivalent about the UK's future in Europe and allied to the most reactionary forces in the European Parliament would have no credibility, no influence and no achievements." |
| Following the Tories' launch of a bold package of proposals to tax frequent fliers, Mr Brown will criticise "ill-conceived" and "unworkable" measures. | Following the Tories' launch of a bold package of proposals to tax frequent fliers, Mr Brown will criticise "ill-conceived" and "unworkable" measures. |
| "Changes must be considered, costed, credible and consumer friendly not ill-conceived, short-termist, unworkable and unfair." | "Changes must be considered, costed, credible and consumer friendly not ill-conceived, short-termist, unworkable and unfair." |
| Saving energy | Saving energy |
| But Mr Brown's attempts to regain the initiative were undermined when a spokesman for the organisation hosting his speech said the Conservatives' proposals were more radical than the government's. | But Mr Brown's attempts to regain the initiative were undermined when a spokesman for the organisation hosting his speech said the Conservatives' proposals were more radical than the government's. |
| Stephen Hale, director of the Green Alliance, said the Conservatives' proposals on aviation fuel "would take them ahead of where the government are at present, if they see it through". | Stephen Hale, director of the Green Alliance, said the Conservatives' proposals on aviation fuel "would take them ahead of where the government are at present, if they see it through". |
| He told ITV's The Sunday Programme: "David Cameron is good news. But the concern is that every time he makes another photo-call, our expectations rise of what the Conservatives would actually deliver." | He told ITV's The Sunday Programme: "David Cameron is good news. But the concern is that every time he makes another photo-call, our expectations rise of what the Conservatives would actually deliver." |
| Mr Brown will also set out steps individuals and businesses can take to save energy in their daily lives. | Mr Brown will also set out steps individuals and businesses can take to save energy in their daily lives. |
| "People want to make the right choices and they want help to take the right decisions. | "People want to make the right choices and they want help to take the right decisions. |
| "Government must provide practical help with, where ever possible, incentives in preference to penalties," he will say. | "Government must provide practical help with, where ever possible, incentives in preference to penalties," he will say. |
| On Tuesday the government will launch its Climate Change Bill, which puts the government's long-term goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2050 into statute. | On Tuesday the government will launch its Climate Change Bill, which puts the government's long-term goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2050 into statute. |
| However, the Bill does not include plans for strict annual targets for emissions reductions, as demanded by the Tories. | However, the Bill does not include plans for strict annual targets for emissions reductions, as demanded by the Tories. |