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This week I received an email from Janine O’Keeffe titled ‘Climate Emergency Declarations and fear for democracy’ with this question: “Hi Mik,Some countries have fears about the climate emergency declarations being used for non-democratic purposes. Can this include democratic mobilisation of resources?” I replied: First of all there is a
To everyone who cares about climate safety and climate justice for all of us, this is your invitation to join the Global #ClimateStrike on 20 September 2019 – millions of people around the world standing up to confront the climate crisis when our politicians won’t. → Join or host a
Guest in The Sustainble Hour on 5 June 2019 is Noel Emselle who invites all community members to a public forum, the Southern Bellarine Coastal Forum, on future development in the “green wedge” between Point Lonsdale and Ocean Grove on the 21 June 2019. The interview with him starts at
We used to say, “to declare a climate emergency.” Now it has become such a common thing to do that people just say “to declare” and expect everyone to know what they mean. → You can add your name to the petition here:www.geelong.climateemergencydeclaration.org/petition – – – – – – –
Video from three EU election candidates’ press conference at Heathrow Airport in United Kingdom, calling for Heathrow Airport to pause all flights.
“We will take this emergency seriously,” said opposition leader Bill Shorten just two days before the federal election and on the same day the ACT Government declared a climate emergency.
Our guests in The Sustainable Hour on 15 May 2019 are from the Australian climate action community
London calling: In The Sustainable Hour on 8 May 2019, we cancel some of our planned interview appointments in order to make room for reporting about something historic: the breakthrough for the climate emergency declaration and mobilisation which has been pushed forward by the school strikers and the Extinction Rebellion
On 1 May 2019, the British Labour party moved a non-binding motion in the House of Commons to declare ‘an environment and climate emergency’, which was passed by members of the Parliament across the floor.
First Minister of Scotland: “I am declaring that there is a climate emergency. And Scotland will live up to our responsibility to tackle it.”