Declare A Climate Emergency in Northwest Indiana
Declare A Climate Emergency in Northwest Indiana
Why this petition matters
We the People of Northwest Indiana are signing this petition to declare a climate emergency, effective immediately. Climate change is real, and scientists have been warning us for decades. It is no longer a choice, but our moral duty to act swiftly and without hesitation on behalf of the youth and future generations.
Current governmental policies have failed to deliver the action necessary to curb climate change. Such inaction has caused drastic impacts globally as well as locally. We see this happening through the erosion of our shoreline, droughts, increased flooding events, extinction of local species and disproportionate harms done to low-income communities and communities of color. The crisis has been worsened due to our continued reliance on climate-damaging fossil fuels and other polluting industries.
The time is now to turn the tide! We are home to Lake Michigan and the globally-important Indiana Dunes, and our new National Park designation warrants an urgent response to protect our natural environment and the communities that inhibit it.
To prevent catastrophe, we need to go all in to restore a safe climate at emergency speed. That’s why we stand with our Region’s youth and are calling on the City Councils of Northwest Indiana to declare a state of climate emergency and to subsequently create a binding Climate Emergency Action Plan and establish a timely implementation process. Please act as quickly as possible – the future of our children & generations to come depends on it!
Decision Makers
- Local Governments
- Representatives
- Indiana Statehouse
- Integrated Public Safety Commission