Motion on Recent Climate Protests

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Motion on Recent Climate Protests – 21 May 2019 GM
21 May 2019 at 13:00 – 14:00, Room 2, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms

 

This branch notes:

  1. That the IPCC report issued in 2018 requires global CO2 emissions to fall by 45% by 2030 and to net zero by 2050, in order to keep temperature rises to 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
  2. That global carbon emissions are continuing to rise, with emissions hitting an all-time high of 37.1bn tonnes in 2018.
  3. That the recent series of Youth Strikes for Climate has been a powerful catalyst in driving the issue of climate crisis up the political agenda.
  4. That the non-violent direct action taken by Extinction Rebellion, and in particular the International Rebellion of April 2019, has been very successful in bringing the climate crisis to public notice.
  5. That the UK Parliament, as of 1 May 2019, has declared an environment and climate emergency.

 

This branch resolves:

  1. To declare a climate emergency.
  2. To send a written statement to the University Environmental Sustainability Strategy Committee urging the University to declare a climate emergency, and to review all of its policies in the light of that declaration.
  3. To support the work of Youth Strikes for Climate through a public statement and by disseminating relevant information about its activities to members.
  4. To support the work of Extinction Rebellion through a public statement and by disseminating relevant information about its activities to members.