This is precisely why the Conservative Party, along with the remarkable Stop Climate Chaos coalition, has called for a climate-change Bill in the next session of Parliament.
The action plan, seen by the Guardian, calls for a 'Climate Action Day' in June and a '100 days to Paris countdown' event later in the year.
Obama called for a new climate bill, saying, "If Congress won't act soon to protect future generations, I will.
However, in a Commons statement last week the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt, called for a new climate of accountability following a damning report into Morecambe Bay, saying: "The whole truth must come out and individuals held to account".
While Mr. Bush called for a "national climate change technology initiative" today, former members of the Clinton administration said it bore great resemblance to a $4.5 billion, five-year program they proposed four years ago.
He welcomed the Paris agreement on cutting carbon emissions and limiting the rise in global average temperatures, and called for a comprehensive climate policy framework within which companies would have enough information and certainty to make green investments.
Leaders also called for a "Green Climate Fund," and rich countries pledged $30 billion from 2010 to 2012, and to increase that to $100 billion a year by 2020, to help poor countries adapt to a changing climate and reduce their emissions.
In just the last few months, oil giants issued a statement in support of a price on carbon, six of the world's largest banks called for a strong climate deal, 81 American companies stood with President Obama, making more than 300 commitments to cut carbon or buy a lot more renewable energy, and the World Economic Forum gathered 78 large company CEOs to demand "bold action at COP21".
In a separate development, on Thursday leading investor institutions managing £15 trillion in assets called for an ambitious climate deal and strong policies to give them certainty to invest in clean technology.
