Submitted on Saturday 11th May 2019
Published on Wednesday 19th June 2019
Current status: Closed
Closed: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Signatures: 829
Tagged with
climate change ~ Cold War ~ Extraordinary ~ Parliament ~ UK
Act on the climate emergency: analyse GDP investment for net zero by 2030 & 2040
The UK parliament has declared we are in a climate emergency so let's act like it!
We would like the government to commission the CCC to determine the percentage of GDP required for the UK to reach net zero by 2030 and 2040 in order for the UK to be a world leader in climate change mitigation.
The recent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report concludes the UK can reach net zero by 2050 with an investment of ~1-2% of GDP. If other countries follow suit we have a 50% chance of staying below 1.5 degrees by 2100.
In the Cold War the UK spent just over 5% of GDP on defence and in WW2 it peaked at 53%. Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.
The UK is both a major historical carbon emitter and in a strong economic and technological situation to be able to effect change now.
You can't sign this petition because it is now closed. But you can still comment on it here at Repetition.me!
3.144.93.34 Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:53:51 +0000
