Enlarge photograph Terry Scriven, Brian Dash and David Harrison and Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment Chris Huhne MP showing that Liberal Democrats’ plans will cut people’s carbon footprint.

Terry Scriven, Prospective MP for New Forest East and County Coucillors Brian Dash and David Harrison met Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Chris Huhne MP, at the conference to show support for the plans.

“Global climate change and extreme weather conditions are the biggest challenges we face over the next few decades,” said Terry Scriven.

“The freak storms and the damage they have caused throughout the summer will happen more and more often if we don’t take action to cut our carbon emissions, the main form of pollution leading to climate change.

“It is widely accepted that the amount of carbon we emit, known as a ‘carbon footprint’, needs to be cut to slow down the rate of global warming and climate change.

“Liberal Democrats have argued that we need to start taking action now to change to greener and cleaner lifestyles. Our plans will massively improve railways to encourage more people to leave their cars at home.

“We will also reward people who drive cleaner, low-pollution vehicles by scrapping the car tax they currently pay.

“Liberal Democrats have set out a vision of a ‘carbon neutral’ Britain by the year 2050. We want our country by the middle of this century to emit, overall, no carbon pollution.

“It will be a challenge to reach the goal but if we start now, we can ensure the extreme and damaging weather conditions we have suffered this summer will remain freak, rather than annual, events.”