This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition The Climate Change student strike demands a re-debate of the climate emergency.
28/02/19 the first Parliamentary debate in over two years on climate change in a cross-party effort supporting an uprising of action from students on the issue was to a chamber where the seats were predominantly empty with just 10 MPs on government benches. The debate must be re-run to a full house.
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Thousands of young people join a UK-wide climate strike amid growing anger at the failure of politicians to tackle the escalating ecological crisis- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/15/uk-climate-change-strike-school-pupils-children-environment-protest
UK experienced its hottest winter day, yet just a handful of government MPs attended a debate on climate change- https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/28/mps-debate-climate-after-school-strike-but-only-a-handful-turn-up
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