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Climate Parliament

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1: tabled on 19 December 2019

Tabled in the 2019-21 session.

This motion has been signed by 37 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House notes this Government could be responsible for five of the remaining 11 years the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned are left to halve global emissions and limit warming to 1.5C; further notes that the Committee on Climate Change report in July 2019 revealed the Government had delivered just one of 25 critical policies needed to get on track to meet previous, less stringent, emissions targets than net zero by 2050, and that the UK's climate credibility rested on decisive Government action over thesubsequent 18 months; considers therefore that this Parliament will be regarded as the Climate Parliament and must seize this opportunity to ensure adequate action is taken to avoid the worst impacts of climate breakdown; welcomes the fact that the UK will host the UN climate summit COP26 in December 2020; considers success at this summit means recognising the moral imperative of doing everything possible to keep temperature rise to 1.5C, and the vast human cost to people around the world, including the UK, from extreme weather, food insecurity, sea level rise, and other events exacerbated by the climate crisis; urges the Government therefore to make addressing the climate emergency the central priority for domestic policy-making across all departments and on the global stage; and calls on the Government to enact a comprehensive Green New Deal, including the release of necessary funding to allow local authorities to lead, to rapidly decarbonise the entire UK economy while creating a fair and just society.

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.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 20 December 2019
Arfon
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on 20 December 2019
Easington
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 20 December 2019
Ceredigion
Edwards, Jonathan
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 20 December 2019
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Sobel, Alex
Labour
Signed on 31 December 2019
Leeds North West
Cooper, Daisy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 7 January 2020
St Albans
Hayes, Helen
Labour
Signed on 7 January 2020
Dulwich and West Norwood
Gray, Neil
Scottish National Party
Signed on 7 January 2020
Airdrie and Shotts
De Cordova, Marsha
Labour
Signed on 7 January 2020
Battersea
Sheerman, Mr Barry
Labour
Signed on 7 January 2020
Huddersfield
Doughty, Stephen
Labour
Signed on 7 January 2020
Cardiff South and Penarth
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 January 2020
Dundee West
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 January 2020
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Labour
Signed on 8 January 2020
Ealing, Southall
Hanvey, Neale
Independent
Signed on 8 January 2020
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Davey, Sir Edward
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 9 January 2020
Kingston and Surbiton
Zeichner, Daniel
Labour
Signed on 9 January 2020
Cambridge
Timms, Stephen
Labour
Signed on 13 January 2020
East Ham
Wilson, Munira
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 13 January 2020
Twickenham
Linden, David
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 January 2020
Glasgow East
Hill, Mike
Labour
Signed on 16 January 2020
Hartlepool
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on 17 January 2020
Glasgow South
Bardell, Hannah
Scottish National Party
Signed on 17 January 2020
Livingston
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 January 2020
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Anderson, Fleur
Labour
Signed on 20 January 2020
Putney
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 20 January 2020
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on 3 February 2020
Bedford
Hendrick, Sir Mark
Labour
Signed on 3 February 2020
Preston
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on 24 February 2020
Norwich South
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 6 May 2020
Hayes and Harlington
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on 15 September 2020
Brighton, Kemptown

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.