- St Neots Town Council to write to Huntingdon MP and urge him to support the bill.
- Town Council is second in Cambridgeshire to pass motion.
At a Full Town Council meeting yesterday evening (Tuesday 25th October), Councillors passed a motion supporting the Climate and Ecology Bill[1].
The Climate & Ecology Bill was drafted by expert scientists, lawyers and academics, and sets a viable pathway for the UK to limit global heating to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. protect and restore habitats, woodlands, wetlands and the wider natural world to make sure that biodiversity loss is not just halted, but on the pathway to recovery by 2030 and establish a representative Citizens’ Assembly to involve people from all parts of the UK in deciding which policies are needed to avoid irreversible environmental damage.
As the motion passed, it becomes the second Council to do so in Cambridgeshire, after Cambridgeshire County Council declared a similar motion in July, 2022 [2].
St Neots Town Council passed the motion to write to Huntingdon’s MP Jonathan Djanogly to inform him the town council passed the motion, urging him to support the bill and and to write to Zero-Hour, the organisers of the cross-party campaign for the Bill, expressing its support
Green Councillor Daniel Laycock said: “David Attenbrough, a national treasure has recently outlined that our current path risks everything we love and cherish, the loss of civil society. The Government has acknowledged that our national security is threatened by the Climate and Ecology Crisis. It is from this precarious position that I welcome St Neots Town Council’s decision to pass this motion supporting the Climate & Ecology Bill, calling on Huntingdon's MP Jonathan Djanogly to acknowledge the severity of the unfolding climate emergency and threat to our natural world. I hope he will now lobby for the Climate & Ecology Bill and ensure government allocates local authorities the funding required to protect our residents”.
- Full Motion: https://www.stneots-tc.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Town-council-agenda-2022-10-25-Pack.pdf
- Zero Hour - cross-party campaign for the Bill. https://www.zerohour.uk/
