Declare a Climate Emergency in Reading
Movement:Climate Emergency UK!
Declare a Climate Emergency in Reading
Started
26 January 2019
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Why this petition matters
Started by Extinction Rebellion Reading
- We are not alone. Councils all around the UK have already done this, including Oxford. See here for details: https://climateemergency.uk/blog/category/climate-emergency/
- IF THIS PETITION GETS 1500 SIGNATURES, IT WILL TRIGGER AN IMPORTANT DEBATE AT A READING BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING. PLEASE SIGN IF YOU LIVE IN THE READING AREA.
- Humans have caused irreversible climate change to Planet Earth; the impact of this is already being felt around the world.
- We were warned last month by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) that we have twelve years left to limit this damage. If we do not, our world will most likely face runaway Global Warming and full Climate Breakdown.
- Our current plans and actions are not enough. We must act now, decisively and radically, to reduce our carbon footprint.
- Individuals cannot be expected to make this reduction on their own. Society needs to change its laws, taxation and infrastructure, to make low-carbon living easier and the new norm.
- City Councils around the world are responding by declaring a Climate Emergency and committing resources to address this emergency.
- This petition urges Reading Borough Council to do the same.
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