CIHT is supporting the '10:10 Lighter Later' campaign to brighten the nation’s days. The proposal was put to the CIHT Road Safety Panel who were very supportive of endorsement.

10:10 is proposing we shift our clocks to give us one extra hour of daylight in the evenings, all year round. In other words, the UK would stick to GMT+1 in the winter and move to GMT+2 in spring/summer. 

If this was implemented the entire country would, overnight, be one step closer to a 10% reduction in its carbon emissions, as well as happier and healthier. This is a great example of how action on climate change need not be negative, long-term or overly complicated, but rather simple, common-sensical and with multiple benefits.

Franny Armstrong, 10:10 founder and director of the climate change blockbuster The Age Of Stupid, said, “Hands up who doesn't want our country to be safer, lighter, more prosperous and with less pollution? And who doesn't want to save money on their electricity bills without lifting a finger?”

This simple change would save almost half-a-million tonnes of CO2 each year1. That’s equivalent to taking 185,000 cars off the road permanently.

10:10 is calling on individuals, businesses and organisations alike to add their voices to the call for lighter evenings all year round by visiting www.lighterlater.org