City urged to join ‘climate emergency’ movement

Climate change activist groups are encouraging the mayor and council to join the movement of cities declaring climate emergencies.
Thanks largely to the efforts of Kara Flannigan and Erin Heineman, local groups Extinction Rebellion and the Climate Hub have prepared and submitted to council a completed declaration they hope to see the city adopt as is or use as a jumping off point to prepare its own.
The document opens with a comment on the urgency for action. “Whereas world scientists rece