Copenhagen

• The Prime Minister is in Copenhagen today.

• An ambitious climate deal is vital to Britain's economic prosperity and national security; and a huge opportunity for jobs, industry and services. Yes, there will be a cost from avoiding dangerous climate change - but this will be far less than if we delay and ignore the problem.

• The Prime Minister has said that it is an uphill struggle for a deal and that there is a huge amount to be done. He has said it is "clear that the Copenhagen deal must be consistent with a maximum global warming of 2 degrees C; our aim is through an ambitious deal that the European Union commit to reduce its emissions by 30 per cent by 2020; the agreement must include a financial framework that is for the short term, medium term and long term."

• The UK will provide £1.5 billion over the 2010-12 period as a contribution to the billion annual fast start finance to implement a Copenhagen climate deal immediately. This money will be drawn from the UK's Overseas Development Aid budget.

• We hope for cross-party support on action at Copenhagen. But a deal at Copenhagen has to be matched by action at home - and the Conservatives have flip-flopped on nuclear and David Cameron's councils have rejected 60 per cent of wind energy applications. As the PM said in the House of Commons last week, it seems that the Tories are "all wind and no turbines".