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The Big Ask was a campaign by Friends of the Earth calling for a new climate change law in the United Kingdom and 15 other EU member states.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= About the European Big Ask Campaign )〕 The United Kingdom Government announced the introduction of the Climate Change Bill in the Queen's Speech on November 15, 2006. This was after 130,000 people across the country had asked their MP to support such a bill.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Big Ask Campaign - A brief history of the campaign for a new climate change law )〕 Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke was a spokesperson for the campaign. ==UK Climate Change Bill== This law is intended to tackle the main cause of climate change — emissions of carbon dioxide gas. The law that Friends of the Earth are calling for would require the UK Government to cut the amounts of carbon dioxide being released by 3% year on year. The Big Ask reasoning is:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Launch of the Big Ask : 2005 : Archive )〕 *All the major political parties say climate change is the biggest threat we face *They all have ambitious targets for cutting carbon dioxide (20% by 2010, 60% by 2050) *Yet emissions of carbon dioxide in the UK keep on rising *The UK needs to show leadership in showing that climate change can be tackled *The Climate Change Bill is the best way of doing this 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Big Ask Campaign」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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