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People "should be scared" about global warming - and be ready to take action to help tackle the problem, says Environment Secretary David Miliband.People "should be scared" about global warming - and be ready to take action to help tackle the problem, says Environment Secretary David Miliband.
Mr Miliband told the BBC people were increasingly aware of the problem because they noticed "something funny is going on with the weather". Mr Miliband told the BBC people were more aware as they recognise "something funny is going on with the weather".
The public would be willing to play their part as long as government and business did their bit, he argued. He said people would be willing to play their part as long as government did.
Mr Miliband is due to tell Labour's conference he plans more wind power. If a million people switched to low energy lightbulbs, the effect would be the same as taking 70,000 cars off Britain's roads, he said.
The former Downing Street policy chief, who is set to address Labour's conference on Wednesday, was given the environment brief in May's reshuffle. He said he wanted to give incentives to power companies to encourage householders to switch to greater energy efficiency.
The former Downing Street policy chief, who is currently addressing Labour's conference, was given the environment brief in May's reshuffle.
He said he had thought he had been well-informed about climate change but had quickly been shocked by what he had learned since taking on the job.He said he had thought he had been well-informed about climate change but had quickly been shocked by what he had learned since taking on the job.
"We should be quite scared - I'm more scared than I was five months ago but I'm also more hopeful," he said."We should be quite scared - I'm more scared than I was five months ago but I'm also more hopeful," he said.
He said the technology to produce carbon-free fuel was now in place and had to be rolled out on a "mass scale".He said the technology to produce carbon-free fuel was now in place and had to be rolled out on a "mass scale".
He said that small changes - such as using enivonmentally-friendly light bulbs - could make huge differences.