Hounslow Greens Launch Petition |
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Calling on Hounslow Council to take greater action on climate change
Hounslow Green Party has launched a petition to invite Hounslow Council to take greater steps to reduce Climate Change, and invite others to sign at: petitions.hounslow.gov.uk/ClimateChange/ The petition calls on the Council “to review their current carbon reduction plans to establish the actions needed to be compatible with 1.5 degrees warming, given the national and world concerns about the climate emergency. Further we ask the council to call on government and the Mayor of London to give Hounslow Council the powers and funding to enable Hounslow Council to become carbon neutral by 2030.” The IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) published in October 2018, describes the enormous harm that a 2°C rise is likely to cause compared with a 1.5°C rise, and confirms that limiting Global Warming to 1.5°C may still be possible with ambitious action from national and sub-national authorities and others. The Greens welcome action by the London Assembly, Bristol City Council and other city councils around the world declaring and committing resources to tackling the Climate Emergency and becoming carbon neutral by 2030. Lambeth is one of the first local authorities in the country to do so.
February 8, 2019 |