The Climate & NATURE Bill

About the bill

Letters From the Global South seeks to explain the science that informs the Climate & Nature Bill to a general audience using jargon-free, accessible language.


The Climate and Nature Bill is a plan for a new UK law that addresses the full extent of the climate and nature crisis in line with the most up-to-date science. The Bill is the only proposed legislation before the UK Parliament that ensures a comprehensive and joined-up approach to climate change.


The Climate and Nature Bill was developed by scientists and is supported by 156 MPs and peers across all parties, over 120 scientists, hundreds of big and small civil society organisations and businesses and over 200 Councils. 


To read the most up-to-date progress of the Bill please visit the Zero Hour website. 

Read the Bill

What the Bill does

TACKLING THE UK's CARBON FOOTPRINT

The Climate and Nature Bill would ensure that the UK takes its fair share of responsibility in limiting global heating as close as possible to 1.5°C, aligned with the latest scientific research to mitigate the severe consequences of climate change. This requires fast and significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, both within the UK and abroad, across its supply chain.

HALTING AND REVERSING THE LOSS OF NATURE

The Bill would ensure that the United Kingdom halts and reverses its overall contribution to the degradation and loss of nature in the United Kingdom and overseas. It does so by committing to a measurable target to increase the health, abundance, diversity, and resilience of nature by 2030 against a 2020 baseline.

A STRATEGY ENSURING NO-ONE IS LEFT BEHIND

Phasing out fossil fuels and restoring nature require broad and significant changes that need widespread support. The Bill proposes a climate and nature assembly to work with the Government and Parliament in developing an emergency strategy that prioritises the needs of the most vulnerable members of society and those who will be most affected by these changes, including those employed in carbon-intensive industries.

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