Email your MP
Email your MP and ask them to support the Climate Emergency motion scheduled for 27 October.
The Motion
The motion proposed by Susan Close MP is below. It is scheduled for debate on 27 October 2021.
this House —
(a) Notes the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report confirms that global average temperature, atmospheric greenhouse gases and ocean acidity are already at dangerous levels;
(b) Notes that around the world, climate change impacts are already causing loss of life and destroying vital ecosystems;
(c) Declares that we are facing a climate emergency; and
(d) Commits to restoring a safe climate by transforming the economy to zero net emissions.
Talking Points
Please just use your own words! That’s much more effective than everyone sending the same email, but you might like to mention one or two of the following:
- the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021 (released August 2021)
- the effort required to collect over 10,000 on-paper signatures during a pandemic
- SA’s proud reputation as a climate leader
- to date over 2,000 jurisdictions globally have declared a Climate Emergency, including 15 national governments and the EU as a whole, and 24 sub-national states and regions
- the SA Legislative Council passed a Climate Emergency Declaration in September 2019
- the heat waves, mega-fires, and floods causing loss of life during the current northern hemisphere summer
- our young people who are relying on government action to offer hope for the future