Submitted on Wednesday 15th May 2019
Rejected on Monday 1st July 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Link UK Foreign Aid to the Combat of Global Warming
The UK, in line with OECD recommendations is spending 0.7% of GNI on foreign aid (2016: GBP 13.4B and expected to grow to GBP 14.5B in 2021. C02 level in the atmosphere is now 415 ppm. This represents the greatest challenge to the work already done in for the world’s most needy countries and people.
This proposal is to benchmark level of foreign aid to historic levels, e.g. 2016 and use the excess to support or promote initiatives that would accelerate the reduction of C02
1) being emitted e.g. the conversion of public transport networks to renewable energy or building EV recharging networks
2) already in the atmosphere e.g. the protection of the earth’s rainforests which consume C02 naturally
As C02 knows no national boundaries, these efforts can be made both within and outside the UK.
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:
The Government already ringfences a proportion of the UK's foreign aid budget for projects to tackle climate change, so we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
The House of Commons International Development Select Committee published a report about this in April 2019:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmintdev/1432/1432.pdf
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do. For example, you could start a new petition calling for the proportion of the UK foreign aid budget spent on climate change projects to be increased.
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