Climate emergency speeches by Councillors
Canada: Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Ian Arthur delivers a passionate and emotional speech advocating for the declaration of a climate emergency. 5 minutes. 15 May 2019
Canada: Cowichan Valley Council
Sonia Furstenau, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Cowichan Valley: Statement on climate emergency. 2 minutes. 2 May 2019
Citizens asking questions to Councillors
UK: Stratford-on-Avon District Council
Peter Chaddock asks his question to the councillors: “Would you consider declaring a climate emergency?” 6 minutes. 15 April 2019
USA: Denver City Council
Harry addresses the need to declare a climate emergency at the city council: “It’s much worse than you think.” 3 minutes. 16 April 2019
Speeches by Members of Parliaments
The Canadian Parliament
Elizabeth May, Green Party of Canada, makes an impassioned speech during an emergency climate change debate in the Canadian Parliament. 10 minutes. 15 October 2019
Alaina Lockhart, MP Fundy Royal: “Clearly there is an emergency.” 2 minutes. 16 May 2019
Team Bossio MP: “When farmers can’t grow food, it is an emergency. The science is clear and the impact on human lives is clear. We cannot leave it to our children to pay the vastly higher, even existential, costs of climate change. We know how to solve this, and it is our duty as parents, citizens and legislators to act. This is a climate emergency.” 10 minutes. 17 May 2019
The UK Parliament
David Drew MP spoke in the UK Labour-led debate about declaring a climate emergency and about the wake-up call Extinction Rebellion has created: “We need to take radical action now and over the next 10 years.” 2 minutes. 1 May 2019
Australia: New South Wales Parliament
Jenny Leong from the Greens declares a climate emergency in the state of New South Wales and calls on the government to act now. 45 seconds. 14 May 2019
The Scottish Parliament
Stewart Stevenson from the Scottish National Party: “This is a human problem.” 4 minutes. 27 March 2019