European parliament divided on declaring climate emergency

The EP is split over whether to declare a global climate emergency before next week’s UN summit. The

The EP is split over whether to declare a global climate emergency before next week’s UN summit. The draft resolution states there is “an environment and climate emergency” and declares the EU will “take action accordingly”. It is a message to European citizens, to young people, to say that Europe is the very first continent to declare a climate emergency and to act accordingly. Read more here.

Source: Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian

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