Conservative Party Conference: David Cameron speech

Conservative Party Conference: David Cameron speech; - As you might have gathered by now, I am passionate about our environment, it's a very personal commitment, I grew up in the countryside, I've always loved the outdoors, as you can see if you look around this conference, I'm quite keen on trees, not going to start hugging them, we saw in our debate on Monday the scale of the threat from climate change / I know that we have within us the creativity, the innovation, the technological potential to achieve green growth - sustainable prosperity / The Stern Report will tell us that the tools of success are in our grasp, but it will also say that the price of inaction gets higher every day, so I will not pretend to you that it will be easy, that there will be no pain or sacrifice - If you want to understand climate change, go and see Al Gore's film, An Inconvenient Truth, today, I want to tell the British people some uncomfortable truths, there is a price for progress in tackling climate change, yes of course low-energy lightbulbs, hybrid cars - even a windmill on your roof can make a difference and also save money, but these things are not enough - Government must show leadership by setting the right framework, binding targets for carbon reduction, year on year, that would create a price for carbon in our economy, what does that mean? It means that things which produce more carbon will get more expensive, going green is not some fashionable, pain-free option / It will place a responsibility on business, it will place a responsibility on all of us, that is the point, tackling climate change is our social responsibility - to the next generation, and I'll tell you something, in politics, it's much easier to take steps that will be painful if political parties work together, that's what we have offered to do - We have asked Tony Blair to put a Climate Change Bill in the Queen's Speech, if he does, we'll back it, so come on Prime Minister / It's your last few months i...