Ireland declares a climate emergency

Its official.Ireland becomes 2nd country in the world to declare a #ClimateEmergency & Dáil also agreed to endorse all the recommendations of the Oireachtas Climate Action Report .Definitely one of the highlights for me as a @greenparty_ie TD .My children are thrilled. pic.twitter.com/bcQhvYxvqx — Catherine Martin TD (@cathmartingreen) May 9, 2019 By making an amendment Read more about Ireland declares a climate emergency[…]

United Kingdom: Bipartisan UK Parliament declares a climate emergency

On 1 May 2019, the British Labour party moved a non-binding motion in the House of Commons to declare ‘an environment and climate emergency’, which was passed by members of the Parliament across the floor. The debate in Parliament starts at 09:35 minutes in the video above. → UK Parliament: Original Youtube live-stream  |  Hansard Read more about United Kingdom: Bipartisan UK Parliament declares a climate emergency[…]

Scotland and Wales: World’s first governments to declare a climate emergency

On 28 April 2019, as the first government in the world, First Minister of the Scottish government Nicola Sturgeon declared a climate emergency at the annual Scottish National Party conference: “As First Minister of Scotland, I am declaring that there is a climate emergency. And Scotland will live up to our responsibility to tackle it.” Read more about Scotland and Wales: World’s first governments to declare a climate emergency[…]

Australia: New climate emergency party enters federal election

Australia has a new ‘Climate Party’ formed around the climate emergency. It is called Independents for Climate Action Now, ICAN. Environmental scientist Jim Tait is leader of the party and a senate candidate in New South Wales. He wrote on Facebook: “ICAN is a party of allied Independents bound by a commitment to delivering effective, Read more about Australia: New climate emergency party enters federal election[…]

UK Parliamentary Labour Party declares a climate emergency

Labour’s shadow environment secretary Sue Hayman announced the party was declaring a “national environment and climate emergency”, adding further pressure on the British government to take more radical action to stop climate change. Speaking in the House of Commons, Hayman called on the government to “join Labour in declaring a national environment and climate emergency”. Read more about UK Parliamentary Labour Party declares a climate emergency[…]