Wicklow council declares ‘biodiversity and climate-change emergency’

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Councillors took unanimous decision after they were briefed by local students who took part in school strikes for climate action

to declare “a biodiversity and climate-change emergency”, recognising the need to respond more urgently to the threat of climate breakdown and the global decline of species.

The declaration of an emergency was one of the key demands put to governments by the environmental activist groupand schools climate strikers in a series of protests over the past two months. There is no definition of what that means, though some protesters are demanding that countries become carbon neutral by 2020.

Several hundred schoolchildren, students, parents and members of the public gathered outside Wicklow County Buildings calling for the declaration to be adopted in advance of the motion being considered., said Wicklow’s five TDs needed to respond to the young people’s challenge and to pledge their support in light of the decision.

 

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Details on the Event FB page if interested. Very re-Useable in your local Council Area. Just grab this motion, replace 'Wicklow' with 'Kildare' / 'Sligo' / 'Cork' / etc., Grab a young person, a Councillor and a video camera. It's Now or Never. Jump in!

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