Submitted on Wednesday 24th April 2019
Rejected on Wednesday 29th May 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Use emergency powers under the CCA to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
The CCA is the Civil Contingencies Act, which allows special laws (emergency regulations) to help deal with the most serious of emergencies. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C 'requires “rapid and far-reaching” transitions in land, energy, industry, buildings, transport, and cities (IPCC, Oct 18).'
A limit of 1.5°C would mean a global sea level rise of 10 cm lower than at 2°C, an Arctic Ocean free of sea ice in summer once per century compared with at least once per decade at 2°C, and coral reef decline at 70-90 %, whereas virtually all (> 99 percent) would be lost at 2°C. If global temperatures exceed 1.5°C, it would also mean greater reliance on unproven techniques to remove CO2 from the air that may carry significant risks for sustainable human development (IPCC, Oct 18).
You can't sign this petition because it was rejected. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Petitions need to call on the UK Government or Parliament to take a specific action.
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do. In particular, we're not sure what actions you'd like the Government to take using emergency powers under the Civil Contingencies Act. In any case, emergency Regulations under the CCA are limited in duration to 30 days unless Parliament votes to extend the duration during that period, and we're not sure that's exactly what you want to happen.
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
There's already a petition calling for a climate emergency to be declared, which you might like to sign. You're more likely to get action on an issue if you sign and share a single petition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/240178
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