We've got about ten years to tackle climate change. A mere two degrees centigrade increase could give rise to catastrophic change, and the end of civilisation.

Action now will not take effect for some 30 years.

This isn't just alarmist rhetoric but the opinion of the majority of scientists.

Other parties recognise it with their lips as do all right-minded people but we struggle to really believe it in our hearts. So lip is all it gets.

Recent CO2 emission trends suggest that the Government will fall way short of its 20 per cent reduction target.

It's no surprise, because the big-business-as-usual free trade model promoted by the three older parties does not allow any government enough muscle to make the necessary changes.

Green solutions not only involve massive investment in renewable energy but a major re-engineering of the economy.

Carbon taxes, huge investment in public transport, and restoring public services close to home are part of the answer not closing Chesham Hospital and Wycombe maternity facilities.

We did not waver in our opposition to the Iraq war, and believe the key to a safer world starts with trade justice and debt cancellation for the exploited poor.