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United Kingdom: Music industry declares a climate and ecological emergency

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In less than one week, more than 1,000 musicians, music labels and organisations – a broad spectrum of the UK music community – have signed onto the declaration. The signatories include institutions such as: Abbey Road Studios, AIM, the Association of Independent Festivals, Beggars Group, Believe, The BRIT School, Festival Republic, Kambe Events, Music Venue Trust, Powerful Thinking, Sony Music UK, Read more about United Kingdom: Music industry declares a climate and ecological emergency[…]

Business guide: ‘How to Declare a Climate Emergency’

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How to talk with board and employees about declaring a climate emergency: B Lab UK has produced an elegant ‘Climate Emergency Playbook’ about how businesses can approach the idea of declaring a climate emergency on their own. It is an inspirational 23-page booklet which provides ideas and guidance on how to talk to your board Read more about Business guide: ‘How to Declare a Climate Emergency’[…]

Letters from our readers and supporters

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From: Louis de Villiers <louisviljee@gmail.com> Subject: Time for urgent action I am just a member of the public. But I’ve been concerned about conservation of heritage and the environment for many years. I have been appalled at the recklessness with which us humans have dealt with the beauty and abundance given to us. That, rather Read more about Letters from our readers and supporters[…]

United Kingdom: School declares its own climate emergency

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[INSPIRATIONAL]   Yes, a school can do it too. “The Chase School is a school of excellence – and that should apply to all areas…” – including excellent climate emergency response. The Chase School in Malvern, UK, is planning an official launch day for September 2019. The principal wrote this to all staff, students and Read more about United Kingdom: School declares its own climate emergency[…]

Climate emergency declaration news in June 2019

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“A rising tide of communities across the country from the ground up are having their views represented by local leaders.” ~ Nic Seaton, deputy program director of Greenpeace Australia Pacific The following are examples randomly picked from the newsstream, in no way covering the vast amount of news coverage that has been published during the Read more about Climate emergency declaration news in June 2019[…]

New York City Council declares a climate emergency

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This video shows how New York City Council declared a climate emergency on 26 June 2019. New York is the largest city in the US, with over 8.62 million inhabitants, and as CNN noted, this is the first US city with more than a million residents to declare a climate emergency. New York City Council’s Read more about New York City Council declares a climate emergency[…]

Guide: ‘Understanding climate emergency and local government’

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The Melbourne-based centre for climate restoration Breakthrough has released an excellent eight-page guide for an international audience – ‘Understanding climate emergency and local government’ – which explains the scientific evidence of the emergency, the crucial initiating role of local government, and what an ’emergency response’ is. The purpose of climate emergency declaration campaigning is to Read more about Guide: ‘Understanding climate emergency and local government’[…]

Leader of 1.3 billion Catholics declares a climate emergency

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“Pope Francis has declared a global “climate emergency”, warning of the dangers of global heating and that a failure to act urgently to reduce greenhouse gases would be “a brutal act of injustice toward the poor and future generations”,” wrote The Guardian and Reuters on 14 June 2019, just about four years after the Pope’s Read more about Leader of 1.3 billion Catholics declares a climate emergency[…]

Greta Thunberg calls for international climate emergency declaration

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Vice has produced a 33-minute tv documentary about what they call ‘The new climate movement’ and its call for governments to declare a climate emergency: “My demand is that the politicians should follow the Paris Agreement. If you have read the Paris Agreement, you know that it is very radical. If I should have any Read more about Greta Thunberg calls for international climate emergency declaration[…]

Climate emergency in the media: Quotes and posts of May 2019

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Examples of the general media coverage of the climate emergency campaigns and declarations around the world. Sweden’s Expressen newspaper are now going to publish daily CO2 levels in the atmosphere “due to climate emergency”!!Very hopeful! Who will be the next to follow?#ClimateEmergency https://t.co/fD1XEiMjVJ — Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) May 25, 2019 The Canadian news media have Read more about Climate emergency in the media: Quotes and posts of May 2019[…]