Across the world, national and local governments are declaring a climate emergency on the back of dire warnings from UN scientists about the need for urgent and far-reaching action.
As of November 2019, 1,191 jurisdictions in 24 countries representing over 290 million citizens (including 70 percent of the UK population for example, and the UK Parliament itself) had declared a climate emergency. These declarations, taking place at every level of government, represent a protest against the climate path we are on. There is now a challenge to turn them into programmes of action to match the necessary pace and scale of change needed.
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So what are councils doing to deliver on these pledges? What is working and what is not? What can we learn and share to build momentum for more ambitious action?
Guest speakers and members of the Alliance team were joined by participants to discuss, share and reflect upon what local councils can do to address the climate emergency.
Here is the presentation from Paul Allen from the Centre for Alternative Technology.
You will find also find an audio recording of the webinar below.
Participants also shared a number of useful resources which you can find in the PDF below.