Some of the active climate emergency action and emergency advocacy groups
Australia
• Cedamia – Climate Emergency Declaration and Mobilisation in Action
Led by Margaret Hender and Philip Sutton
• Centre for Climate Safety
Led by Mik Aidt
• Climate Code Red
Led by David Spratt
• ClimateEmergency.com
Led by Paul and Michelle Gilding
• Council Action in the Climate Emergency (CACE)
Led by Adrian Whitehead and Bryony Edwards
• Vote Climate
Led by Jane Morton
• Breakthrough – National Centre for Climate Restoration has published a guide, series of reports and papers and organises conferences about the climate emergency. Led by Luke Taylor
• The Sustainable Living Festival in Melbourne had the climate emergency as its theme in 2017, and again in 2018 under the title ‘Climate Crunch Time’. Led by Luke Taylor
• Over 50 Australian climate action groups support the Climate Emergency Declaration campaign, and some, such as Newcastle Climate Change Response, actively campaign for the declaration of a climate emergency.
Canada
• In Canada, Group Mobilisation has been campaigning to get councils to declare a climate emergency since 2018.
Denmark
• In Denmark, Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke – a part of the international NGO ActionAid – started a petition calling for national climate emergency declaration in September 2019.
France
• In France, Citoyens pour le Climat runs the campaign website www.urgenceclimatique.fr which contains a list of all French climate emergency declarations and lots of advice, guidance and resources in French language.
United Kingdom
Climate Emergency UK monitors the ‘Climate & Environmental Emergency’ development in the United Kingdom at both local and national government level: www.climateemergency.uk
• The British design company Leap created a network and a campaign called ‘We Declare A Climate Emergency’ on www.climate-emergency.com
• A group of UK business leaders, who want to accelerate action on the climate emergency, have set up a not for profit company to run ‘Business Declares’ as a campaign to the end of 2020: www.businessdeclares.com
• Numerous Extinction Rebellion groups in the United Kingdom actively campaign for the declaration of a climate emergency.
• For the European election, there was an British initiative uniting Extinction Rebellion-inspired candidates in an alliance: www.climateemergencyindependents.co.uk
United States
• In the United States, The Climate Mobilization similarly advocates for restoring a safe climate for all at emergency speed.
Founded by Margaret Klein Salamon and Ezra Silk
Globally: Extinction Rebellion groups
There are hundreds of Extinction Rebellion groups which are advocating for the declaration of a climate emergency at various levels of government. See the map showing local groups around the world on www.rebellion.earth/act-now/local-groups, and also see the community groups list.
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