Cameron links typhoon Haiyan to climate change

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Crown Capital Eco Management Environmental News

• Cameron links typhoon Haiyan to climate change

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• There is growing evidence that climate change is
  causing more extreme weather disasters such as
  the Philippines typhoon, David Cameron said.
• In remarks likely to infuriate the green sceptics
  in his party, the prime minister gave his first
  acknowledgement that global warming may be linked
  to increasingly intense storms across the world.
• The remarks are Cameron's strongest defence of
  climate change science for a while, after
  repeated accusations that he has retreated from
  his pre-election pledge to run the greenest
  government ever.

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• Despite urging people to "vote blue, go green" in
  2010, he has not given a full speech on the issue
  nor attended a UN environment summit since
  becoming prime minister.
• Under pressure from many backbenchers, he has
  tightened planning controls on windfarms and
  pledged to "roll back" green subsidies on bills,
  leading to fears of dwindling support for the
  renewables industry.
• However, Cameron spoke out on the need to tackle
  global warming at the Commonwealth summit in
  Colombo, Sri Lanka, after typhoon Haiyan killed
  at least 4,000 people and caused devastation
  across the Philippines.
• Asked on Fridaywhether climate change was linked
  to the Philippines disaster, Cameron said "I'll
  leave the scientists to speak for themselves
  about the link between severe weather events and
  climate change. But the evidence seems to me to
  be growing. As a practical politician, I think
  the sensible thing is to say let's take
  preventative and mitigating steps given the
  chances this might be the case."

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• He added "Scientists are giving us a very
  certain message. Even if you're less certain than
  the scientists, it makes sense to act both in
  terms of trying to prevent and mitigate."
• His comments also coincide with the United
  Nations talks on climate change in Warsaw, which
  has seen Japan slash its commitment to reducing
  CO2 emissions and Australia fail to send a
  minister to the conference for the first time in
  16 years.