Declare an Environment and Climate Emergency, ensure all current and future policies are consistent with averting further climate change and ecological collapse, and put in place a plan to reduce carbon emissions in the Borough to net zero by (cont)
The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that we have just 11 years left to prevent 1.5 degrees warming; warming beyond 1.5 degrees represents a threat to the future of humanity, and even warming limited to that level will wreak havoc upon the livelihoods of countless people across the world. The solutions to the climate crisis are widely available including planting and retaining trees, renewable energy provision, sustainable transport options and zero-carbon buildings. We call upon the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead to join with more than 40 other local authorities in recognition that this is an emergency and should be addressed in line with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. All governments (national, regional and local) have a duty to limit the scale and impacts of Climate Change and this will require collaboration at all levels; individual residents, local groups and businesses, and the council. RBWM should do all within its power and influence to take rapid action now.
Started by: Sarah Bowden
This ePetition ran from 10/04/2019 to 10/10/2019 and has now finished.
2402 people signed this ePetition.
Council response
Petition update from the council, 18 June 2019, while
petition was still open Please note that a motion relating
to climate change will be debated at the Full Council meeting on 25
June 2019 (Town Hall, Maidenhead, 7.30pm).
Please see item 10d on the link below for information:
https://rbwm.moderngov.co.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=134&MId=7393
Members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting and listen
to the debate.