P-05-869 Declare a Climate Emergency and fit all policies with zero-carbon targets
P-05-869 Declare a Climate Emergency and fit all policies with zero-carbon targets
P-05-869 Declare a Climate
Emergency and fit all policies with zero-carbon targets
This
petition was submitted by Matthew Misiak having collected 4,985 signatures online and 1,190 on paper – a
total of 6,148 signatures.
Text of Petition
We
call on the National Assembly for Wales to urge the Welsh Government to:
1.
Declare a Climate Emergency.
2.
Ensure all current and future policies are consistent with averting further
climate change and ecological collapse.
3.
Enact legally-binding policy measures to reduce carbon emissions to net zero by
2025 and to reduce consumption levels.
4.
Implement a Citizen's Assembly of Wales to oversee the changes.
We
call upon the Welsh Government to declare a Climate Emergency immediately, and
commit to executing the remaining actions by June 2019.
WAG
targets for a zero-carbon public sector must be used as a catalyst to engineer
rapid decarbonisation in the private sector through procurement, taxation and
subsidy. Across the UK, twenty city, town and county councils have already
declared a Climate Emergency, including Powys and Machynlleth. Citizens must be
involved to ensure the necessary change is made across society, as demonstrated
in a Sortition model of participatory democracy. Initiatives to partner with
include: The Climate Mobilization; Beyond Zero Emissions; Rapid Transition
Alliance; Green New Deal Group; One Million Climate Jobs; The Breakthrough
Institute; and Zero Carbon Britain.
Additional Information
The
United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that we
have 12 years to make the necessary changes to limit a rise in global
temperatures by 1.5ºC. Failure to act will see a significant and accelerating
increase in sea levels and flooding, extreme and abrupt changes to weather
patterns, crop failures, and extinctions of plant, insect and animal species.
This will inevitably lead to global economic disruption and humanitarian
crisis. It will also detrimentally impact the well-being of the people of Wales
and billions of others. Last year, Sir David Attenborough said:
"Right
now, we are facing a man-made disaster of global scale. Our greatest threat in
thousands of years. Climate change. If we don't take action, the collapse of
our civilisations and the extinction of much of the natural world is on the
horizon. The world's people have spoken. Their message is clear. Time is
running out."
The
One Planet Development policy and Wellbeing of Future Generations Act show that
Wales can lead the way in progressive policy. But they do not motivate
government to act in accordance with the urgency of the situation. The
scientific consensus shows the unprecedented scale of collective action needed
to avert the worst outcomes in the near future. We must demand no less.
People
worldwide are being inspired by the Extinction Rebellion movement to urge
governments at all levels to meet the challenge posed by accelerating climate
change and ecological collapse. Future generations will judge us on our courage
to make the urgent change we know is needed. Please act now.
Status
This
petition was considered completed by the Petitions
Committee at its meeting on 16/03/2021.
The
petition was closed as part of a review of all petitions currently under
consideration at the Petitions Committee's final meeting of the Fifth Senedd,
in light of the upcoming election and the consideration given to this issue to
date.
Full
details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related
documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.
It
was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 07/05/2019.
Assembly Constituency and
Region
- Aberconwy
- North Wales
Further
information
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 30/04/2019