Climate emergency
This topic article on Climate emergency, unlike most top articles on CASwiki is not specifically about community action. Rather the article and its associated news page provide information and context about why global and importantly community based and community led climate action are so needed. 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.
The Los Angeles wildfires are climate disasters compounded, Eric Holthaus, theguardian.com (Jan 09, 2025) - At Extinction Rebellion, we aimed for UK net zero in 2025. That won’t happen – so here’s what to do instead, Rupert Read, theguardian.com (Jan 01, 2025) — With the climate crisis hitting Britain, we must build resilience at a local level by rewilding, saving water and fighting floods
- What is the real toll of natural and climate disasters? Science has staggering new answers, Devi Sridhar, theguardian.com (Dec 06, 2024)
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...climateemergencydeclaration.org
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]
The biggest resource recognised here, across CASwiki, is community based and community led Climate action (multiple pages and sections across CASwiki global and local articles). Below are some additional resources more specifically about climate emergency.
- 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
- Open Weather, Open Weather Nowcast, added 14:06, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
How to's
- 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)
Climate emergency centres[edit | edit source]
Climate emergency centres are about a coming together and building of relationships in a common space, sharing resources, skills and ideas to build community resilience and adaption to multiple social and environmental crises.
See also
- Climate change and risk of insecurity
- Dangerous climate change
- Ecological emergency
- Public interest law resources
- Climate action#Sea level rise
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External links
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)
