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SUPPORTING CLIMATE STRIKES ON 20 SEPTEMBER 2019 (No. 2)

EDM (Early Day Motion) 2716: tabled on 05 September 2019

Tabled in the 2017-19 session.

This motion has been signed by 1 Member. It has not yet had any amendments submitted. The tabling Member has subsequently withdrawn this motion.

This motion has subsequently been withdrawn by the tabling Member.

Motion text

This House acknowledges that we are in a climate emergency and that urgent action is required rapidly to decarbonise the UK economy; welcomes the call from Greta Thunberg and youth activists from Fridays for Future for adults to join students and young people striking on 20 September 2019 to demand climate justice; applauds the role that students and young people have played in the UK and across the world in bringing the climate emergency to the attention of policymakers and the public; and supports the planned strikes and demonstrations by young people and adults on 20 September 2019.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.