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The Guardian asked 380 top climate scientists what they felt about the future, theguardian.com (May 08, 2024)
‘In Delhi I can see the climate catastrophe unfolding before my eyes’, The Guardian (Nov 15, 2022)
Barcelona students to take mandatory climate crisis module from 2024, The Guardian (Nov 12, 2022)
How to capture satellite images in your backyard – and contribute to a snapshot of the climate crisis, The Conversation (Feb 23, 2022)
'The crisis is already here': young strikers facing climate apartheid, theguardian.com (Sep 19, 2019)
A climate emergency declaration or climate emergency plan, declaring a state of climate emergency, has been issued since 2016 by certain countries and other jurisdictions to set priorities to mitigate climate change.
Climate emergency declarations[edit | edit source]
ClimateEmergencyDeclaration.org states Climate emergency declarations in 1,191 jurisdictions and local governments cover 290 million citizens, as of 14 November 2019[1]
An appropriate sense of urgency[edit | edit source]
The term “climate emergency” has been promoted by climate activists and pro-climate action politicians to add a sense of urgency for responding to a long-term problem. W
Extinction Rebellion's call for truth[edit | edit source]
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Extinction Rebellion's first demand (of three, for the UK) is "Tell the truth", Government must tell the truth by declaring a climate and ecological emergency, working with other institutions to communicate the urgency for change.
- 'The Emergency', Extinction Rebellion, includes information and comment on:
- 'Human activity is causing irreparable harm to the life on this world'
- 'We’ve been warned again and again…and again'
- 'Nature Loss'
- 'Insect die-off'
- 'Global Heating: Greenhouse Gases, Our emissions are still increasing!"
- 'Air Pollution'
- 'Drought and (water) Scarcity'
- 'Rising Seas'
- 'Ocean Acidification'
- 'Sea ice (disappearance)'
- 'Water Pollution'
- '..losing our soil'
- 'Food Insecurity'
- “Faster than expected” (climate change)
- 'Feedbacks and Tipping Points'
Resources[edit | edit source]
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- Framework and resource to help councils with their climate emergency response, climateemergencydeclaration.org. A framework and resource to help other councils with their climate emergency response from Darebin City Council in Australia, posted on climateemergencydeclaration.org on 9 August 2019
Citizens data initiative[edit | edit source]
- Open Weather, Open Weather Nowcast, added 14:06, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
How to's[edit | edit source]
- How to capture satellite images in your backyard – and contribute to a snapshot of the climate crisis, theconversation.com, Feb 23, 2022, added 14:05, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
Video[edit | edit source]
News and comment[edit | edit source]
2019
Oxford Dictionaries declares 'climate emergency' the word of 2019, Nov 21[2]
'The crisis is already here': young strikers facing climate apartheid, theguardian.com (Sep 19, 2019)
See also[edit | edit source]
- Climate emergency centres
- Climate change solutions
- Citizens' assembly
- Climate change
- Climate change and risk of insecurity
- Climate news
- Community climate action plan
- Dangerous climate change
- Ecological emergency
- Environment quality
- Extinction Rebellion, XR and future democracy
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Legal resources
- Sea level rise
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External links[edit | edit source]
Wikipedia: Climate emergency declaration W, Climate crisis W, Abrupt climate change, Climate change and poverty, Climate justice, Effects of global warming, Tipping point (climatology), Climate change and society (category)