VoteClimate: Protection of Dark Skies - 16th October 2023

Protection of Dark Skies - 16th October 2023

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Protection of Dark Skies.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-10-16/debates/D134372D-13EF-4F37-913E-887A6FA60269/ProtectionOfDarkSkies

22:00 Duncan Baker (North Norfolk) (Con)

Glow-worms are members of the firefly family, as I said. Global red list assessments of that group by the International Union for Conservation of Nature shows populations under threat. While habitat loss, chemical use and climate change are all contributing factors, light pollution is a threat that we can quickly do something about to start to reverse that downward trend.

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