1,123 jurisdictions in 20 countries have declared a climate emergency.
Populations covered by jurisdictions that have declared a climate emergency amount to 285 million citizens, with 47 million of these living in the United Kingdom.
This means in Britain now roughly 70 per cent of the population lives in areas that have declared a climate emergency.
In New Zealand, the percentage is even higher: 74 per cent of the population.
It’s around 25 per cent in countries like Switzerland and Italy.
National Declarations
On 29 April 2019, the first parliament in the world to declare a climate emergency at the national level was the Welsh Parliament. Some say it was Scotland, though, because on 28 April 2019, the First Minister of Scotland declared a climate emergency on behalf of her government at an annual Scottish National Party conference.
On 1 May 2019, the United Kingdom Labour Party got unanimous support for a non-binding motion in favour of a climate emergency declaration in the House of Commons, claiming Britain thereby was the first country in the world where a bipartisan parliament had declared a climate emergency.
On 3 May 2019, the Gibraltar Parliament followed, and the government of the Republic of Ireland announced their declaration on 9 May. The next day, the Isle of Man parliament declared a climate emergency as well.
The Parliament of Portugal declared a climate emergency on 7 June 2019, the Canadian House of Commons followed on 17 June 2019, and the French parliament a climate emergency on 27 June 2019. Argentina followed on 17 July 2019.
Local Governments
On the list below are only included jurisdictions that have passed a binding motion declaring a climate emergency. As such, the non-binding motion instigated by UK Labour, for example, is not included in this data. Typical resolutions include setting up a process to develop an action plan and report back to council within three to six months.
Australia
In Australia, where the climate emergency declaration mobilisation and petition was launched in May 2016, over 60 jurisdictions representing roughly 6 million people – a quarter of the population – have declared a climate emergency, including the government of the Australian Capital Territory, based in the capital Canberra.
More than 100 of the candidates in the 18 May 2019 federal election had signed the Climate Emergency Declaration petition.
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www.cedamia.org/global
www.caceonline.org/councils-that-have-declared.html
www.climateemergency.uk/blog/category/climate-emergency
www.theclimatemobilization.org/city-by-city
Links
- More Than 370,000 Sign E-Petition For Climate Emergency Declaration
- 'Grand Symbolic Gesture': Attempt To Declare A Climate Emergency Fails In Parliament
- Greta Thunberg Condemns World Leaders In Emotional Speech At UN
- Climate Disasters To Leave 150 Million In Humanitarian Need By 2030: Red Cross
- Why Declaring A National Climate Emergency Would Neither Be Realistic Or Effective
- John Hewson Urges Liberal Conscience Vote On Climate Emergency
- World 'Gravely' Unprepared For Effects Of Climate Crisis – Report
- Climate Change: 'Invest $1.8 Trillion To Adapt'
- Climate Change, Poverty And Human Rights: An Emergency Without Precedent
- Australian Medical Association Declares Climate Change A Health Emergency
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