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Extinction Rebellion mark two years since the council declared a climate emergency
November 2020 marks two years since Bristol City Council declared a climate emergency.
The council was the first in the country to declare an emergency, which aims to reach carbon neutrality in the city by 2030.
On the two year anniversary, Extinction Rebellion Bristol asks the council what changes have been made to meet this target.
Two activists dressed as life-sized candles delivered a cake and birthday card to mark the key date.
Holding doorstep placards and reminder birthday cards to the council, the group hope the action will “spur” key players onto make changes surrounding the climate.
Members of Extinction Rebellion dressed as birthday candles deliver a card and a cake to Bristol City Council to celebrate the second anniversary of their declaration of a climate emergency. Photo: Simon Holliday
“We know that the pandemic has put enormous pressures on the council’s budget,” says an XR Bristol spokesperson. “But are we going to be told in a year’s time that budgetary constraints are the reason why these critically important climate targets won’t be met?
“We can’t allow this immediate health crisis to obscure the even greater threat to all our health, and to planetary survival, that is just around the corner. Bristol has only nine years left to reach its carbon-zero deadline.”
The group is called for the actions taken so far in the One City Climate Strategy to be published.
The group calls for the One City Climate Strategy actions so far to be published. Photo: Simon Holliday
XR Bristol “applauds” the recent appointment of councillor Afzal Shah as Bristol City Council’s first ever cabinet member for climate, ecology, and sustainable growth but adds: “We are proud to be part of a city that is at the forefront of tackling the climate and ecological emergency. We have given all our support to the council’s strategy. But we are running out of time.”
Main photo: Simon Holliday
Read more: ‘Bristol residents need to do more than out a pink XR sticker on their t-shirt’
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