Climate emergency
Climate emergency describes an official acknowledgment that global warming is considered an emergency situation, usually with the aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through climate actions.[1]
Declarations
In June 2019, at a meeting with oil executives, Pope Francis made a pledge for a climate emergency.[2]
States
The following countries made a climate emergency declaration, Scotland[3], Welsh[4], Ireland[5], UK[6], Canada[7].
References
- ^ "Climate change: What is a climate emergency?". BBC. 2019.
- ^ "Pope Francis declares 'climate emergency' and urges action". BBC. 2019.
- ^ "Scotland just became the first country to declare a climate emergency". Good. 2019.
- ^ "Welsh Government makes climate emergency declaration". Welsh Government. 2019.
- ^ "Climate change: Ireland declares climate emergency". BBC. 2019.
- ^ "UK Parliament declares climate change emergency". BBC. 2019.
- ^ "National climate emergency declared by House of Commons". GlobalNews. 2019.