Michael Meacher
Michael Meacher
Michael Hugh Meacherwas a British academic and Labour Party politician. Before entering politics, he was a lecturer in social administration at the University of Essex and the University of York. He was a Member of Parliamentfrom 1970 until his death, for Oldham West and Oldham West and Royton...
days next three
It is the next two or three days that are vital,
achieved brilliant complex huge leap result
It's a brilliant day for the environment. It's a huge leap to have achieved a result on this very complex international negotiation.
certainly chemicals dependent less
It will certainly be more localised, it will be less internationalised, less dependent on chemicals and fertilisers ... more organic.
wall thinking race
I think that will only really change when the human races begins to suffer some of the extremely severe consequences of climate change which may be some decades ahead. They will then realise, as we have with the financial crisis, that we are up against the wall and hitting the buffers and we have got to change.
country cutting kyoto-protocol
Globally, emissions may have to be reduced, the scientists are telling us, by as much as 60% or 70%, with developed countries likely to have to make even bigger cuts if we're going to allow the developing world to have their share of growing industrial prosperity...The Kyoto Protocol is only the first rather modest step. Much, much deeper emission reductions will be needed in future. The political implications are mind-blowing.
growth goes-on earth
We have an overdraft with the earth something in excess of 130 per cent. We currently consume something like 30 per cent over and above what we are replacing and rather like an overdraft at a bank that can't go on.
ends fail final last loose time together tragedy
We did fail last night. It is a tragedy, but it's a reversible tragedy and we will now put together those last final loose ends that we didn't have the time to do last night.