Bristol City Council - Climate Emergency Resolution Declaration Passes Unanimously! | 2018

Bristol has declared a 'climate emergency' with the council unanimously backing a commitment to be carbon neutral by 2030 in an effort to avoid catastrophic climate breakdown.

The motion put forward by Green party councillor Carla Denyer and passed on Tuesday means the city has the most ambitious emissions targets of the UK’s core cities group – with radical policy implications in the coming years.

The move was triggered by a UN report last month which said the world has just 12 years left to avoid catastrophic climate breakdown.

Denyer said: “This is a fantastic day for Bristol and I’m delighted the council will be bringing forward its target for making the city carbon neutral by 2030.

She said the UN report made it clear that “time to preserve Earth as we know it is running out”.

“We can’t wait for the UN or national governments to negotiate when we have just 12 years to act – we have to show how it’s done and commit to ambitious action at the level of cities, which we did this evening.”

In a sign of the growing frustration about lack of action, thousands of people are expected to take part in civil disobedience in the UK this weekend as part of the Extinction Rebellion campaign.

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