Edinburgh North & Leith Labour MP, Mark Lazarowicz, was one of the more than 60 MPs to go Carbon Speed Dating with 650 supporters at a lobby organised at Westminster by Stop Climate Chaos, the new climate change coalition.

The politicians rotated around different ‘dating’ tables, listening to concerns and answering questions on tackling climate change, specifically on the international action required for greenhouse gases to peak and decline by 2015, UK action required for a Carbon Budget cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 3 per cent year on year and action for justice for the world’s poorest countries.

The event came one day after Stop Climate Chaos met with Prime Minister, Tony Blair, the Chancellor, Gordon Brown, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Margaret Beckett and the Secretary of State for International Development, Hilary Benn and urged the government for urgent and effective action on climate change.

The lobby’s ‘dating’ format enabled feedback from both sides of the table. Stop Climate Chaos supporters enjoyed rating their dates and reporting back on which MPs proved to be passionate and demonstrated a commitment for action to tackle climate change. MPs were also asked which was the most passionate, persuasive argument they’d heard from their carbon dates.