A NSW Friend shares this petition from Dylan, a student in NSW. You are asked to please print the petition and collect signatures on this Climate Petition.
Raise greenhouse gas emission reduction targets!
Text of the petition below:
To the Hon. Speaker of the House of Representatives and Members of the House of Representatives.
According to the Climate Council, Australia’s target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 is insufficient to prevent self-sustaining and irreversible climate change of catastrophic levels. Instead, they present a minimum 75% reduction as imperative.
As a country with one of the highest greenhouse gas emission rates per capita, it is Australia’s duty to reduce emissions faster in order to protect our own and the world’s environments and people.
We therefore ask the House to initiate a legislated pledge to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions to 75% below 2005 levels by 2030, instead of the target for 43%; and to replace the net-zero emissions target of 2050 with a new target of 2040.
Deadline is the end of August 2024. Dylan is aiming for 10,000 signatures and needs our help. You can also support, send encouragement and share photos of people signing on Dylan’s Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/597411152584622