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We the undersigned petition the council to acknowledge the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Special Report on Global Warming (October 2018). We request that Wandsworth Borough Council (WBC) notes the London Assembly has declared a Climate Emergency, recognises the seriousness of the situation and welcomes further ambitious steps. We request that WBC acknowledges the action already taken by Bristol, Manchester and many other city councils around the UK and the world to declare and commit necessary resources to tackling a Climate Emergency. We urge WBC to declare a Climate Emergency, supported by specific plans of action to make Wandsworth carbon neutral by 2030, and to call on government to give WBC the powers and funding to make this possible. We ask that WBC, its partners and representatives work together to report back to council and petitioners within 6 months with specific proposals.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Special Report on Global Warming (October 2018) describes with high confidence the enormous harm that a 2°C rise in average global temperatures is likely to cause compared with a 1.5°C rise. The IPCC’s Special Report confirms that limiting Global Warming to 1.5°C may still be possible with immediate and ambitious action from national and sub-national authorities and others between now and 2030.
After the Paris agreement in 2015 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was charged with producing a special report detailing the differences between a 1.5° rise and a 2° rise. The UK government as a signatory committed the country to do its part in relation to the agreement. This petition follows the logic of the agreement in asking for detailed and specific plans for Wandsworth.
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Updates
May 8, 2019
The petition has now surpassed one thousand signatures. This level of engagement indicates a clear desire within the community for Wandsworth Borough Council to take meaningful action on climate change.
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 6, 2019
May 4, 2019
The signature count is nearing one thousand. Please send the link to your neighbors to help us secure the momentum needed for our presentation to the council.
April 13, 2019
I have spent this week drafting formal correspondence for council members to ensure our request remains at the forefront of their agenda. While formal responses from the administration have been slow to arrive, the growing list of signatories serves as an increasingly difficult fact for them to overlook.
Reached 100 supporters
March 15, 2019
246 Comments
The air quality in Putney high street is appalling. I noticed 5 stationary buses at one stop last week, engines turned on. We need to act now to protect everyone ‘s health
Our generation is the first to truly understand what we're doing to our planet, and the last to make the changes needed to save it. Let's do our bit Wandsworth.
Come on Wandsworth. I've been a lifelong resident and think that with a borough with so many resources there is so much that we could do. We only have one planet and we seriously need to be doing everything we can to preserve it for future generations. Also Wandsworth please start offering food waste recycling.
Putney Hight Street is so polluted and just full of traffic trying to get over the bridge. Is it possible for another bridge to be built to east traffic congestion
Climate change is the great existential threat of our times. The UN special 1.5 report declared we have 12 years to 'sort it out'. We want Wandsworth Borough Council to make a plan for 'our bit'. For all our sakes.
This is a worldwide issue that has to be addressed with seriousness and respect, but also the utmost urgency.
Great name to add to a climate change petition! ;)
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
We the undersigned petition the council to acknowledge the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Special Report on Global Warming (October 2018). We request that Wandsworth Borough Council (WBC) notes the London Assembly has declared a Climate Emergency, recognises the seriousness of the situation and welcomes further ambitious steps. We request that WBC acknowledges the action already taken by Bristol, Manchester and many other city councils around the UK and the world to declare and commit necessary resources to tackling a Climate Emergency. We urge WBC to declare a Climate Emergency, supported by specific plans of action to make Wandsworth carbon neutral by 2030, and to call on government to give WBC the powers and funding to make this possible. We ask that WBC, its partners and representatives work together to report back to council and petitioners within 6 months with specific proposals.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s Special Report on Global Warming (October 2018) describes with high confidence the enormous harm that a 2°C rise in average global temperatures is likely to cause compared with a 1.5°C rise. The IPCC’s Special Report confirms that limiting Global Warming to 1.5°C may still be possible with immediate and ambitious action from national and sub-national authorities and others between now and 2030.
After the Paris agreement in 2015 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was charged with producing a special report detailing the differences between a 1.5° rise and a 2° rise. The UK government as a signatory committed the country to do its part in relation to the agreement. This petition follows the logic of the agreement in asking for detailed and specific plans for Wandsworth.
Updates
May 8, 2019
The petition has now surpassed one thousand signatures. This level of engagement indicates a clear desire within the community for Wandsworth Borough Council to take meaningful action on climate change.
Reached 1,000 supporters
May 6, 2019
May 4, 2019
The signature count is nearing one thousand. Please send the link to your neighbors to help us secure the momentum needed for our presentation to the council.
April 13, 2019
I have spent this week drafting formal correspondence for council members to ensure our request remains at the forefront of their agenda. While formal responses from the administration have been slow to arrive, the growing list of signatories serves as an increasingly difficult fact for them to overlook.
Reached 100 supporters
March 15, 2019
246 Comments
Change is urgently needed. We were meant to receive lamp post charging points to encourage residents to buy electric cars, but hardly any have been installed. Vehicle idling is also a major problem in our borough. Supermarkets continue to package food in single use plastics. To name but a few of the many issues
The air quality in Putney high street is appalling. I noticed 5 stationary buses at one stop last week, engines turned on. We need to act now to protect everyone ‘s health
Our generation is the first to truly understand what we're doing to our planet, and the last to make the changes needed to save it. Let's do our bit Wandsworth.
Come on Wandsworth. I've been a lifelong resident and think that with a borough with so many resources there is so much that we could do. We only have one planet and we seriously need to be doing everything we can to preserve it for future generations. Also Wandsworth please start offering food waste recycling.
Putney Hight Street is so polluted and just full of traffic trying to get over the bridge. Is it possible for another bridge to be built to east traffic congestion
Climate change is the great existential threat of our times. The UN special 1.5 report declared we have 12 years to 'sort it out'. We want Wandsworth Borough Council to make a plan for 'our bit'. For all our sakes.
This is a worldwide issue that has to be addressed with seriousness and respect, but also the utmost urgency.
Great name to add to a climate change petition! ;)
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Change is urgently needed. We were meant to receive lamp post charging points to encourage residents to buy electric cars, but hardly any have been installed. Vehicle idling is also a major problem in our borough. Supermarkets continue to package food in single use plastics. To name but a few of the many issues