Why must our Elected Officials declare a climate emergency?
Ordinary people who support the Declare Emergency campaign are no longer willing to accept the lack of accountability and broken promises from the nation’s leaders. The time for denial and inaction is over; the urgency of this crisis demands bold leadership and immediate steps to protect our planet and future generations.
We expect President Trump and our elected officials to act as though we are in the midst of a climate crisis – because indeed we are.
We Demand:
The following demands are taken in order, one at a time – and they are all enabled by our first demand that our elected officials declare a climate emergency.
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President Trump must immediately recognize the gravity of the climate crisis and take decisive action, including declaring a formal state of climate emergency.
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Order the US Military to reduce its carbon footprint 50% by January 2025 and 75% by 2030.
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Issue executive orders prohibiting new fossil fuel extraction on Federal and Indigenous Lands.
Issue executive orders stopping all existing fossil fuel extraction on federal and indigenous lands.
Stop offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and on the continental shelf.
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Halt crude oil exports. Restrict international trade and private investment in fossil fuels.
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Issue executive orders ending Federal subsidies and tax deductions for Fossil Fuels and Carbon Fuels.
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Create, provide funding for, and abide by the decisions of, a national citizens’ assembly on climate collapse transition.
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Issue Presidential Pardons for all persons sentenced for Federal Offences because of climate collapse activism.
“We are in the fight of our lives, and we are losing. Greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. Global temperatures keep rising. And our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climatechaos irreversible. We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator.”
— UN Secretary-General António Guterres in his opening statement at COP27