This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Declare a national and international climate emergency.
Climate science proves that human behaviour is accelerating global warming. Further, a significant increase to the temperature of the earth's climate system is leading to rising sea levels, changes to regional mean rainfall, ocean acidification, desert expansion and the melting of glaciers.
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Scientific consensus:
Cook, John, et al. "Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming." Environmental Research Letters 11.4 (2016): 048002.
NASA global climate change evidence:
https://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
IPCC - Global Warming of 1.5 ºC:
https://www.ipcc.ch/sr15/
Royal Society Climate Change: evidence and causes:
https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/climate-change-evidence-causes/
Explaining climate change science:
https://www.skepticalscience.com/evidence-for-global-warming.htm
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/231038
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