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CLIMATE EMERGENCY

May 12, 2019

Ireland has become the second country in the world to declare climate emergency.

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  • Ireland has declared climate emergency in their country, to be the second country after Britain to do so. 

  • Irish Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, who moved the amendment, called the decision historic. An amendment to a parliamentary report declaring a climate emergency and calling on parliament to examine how the Irish government can improve its response was accepted without a vote. 

  • Britain's parliament became the first in the world to declare a climate emergency, passing the largely symbolic motion on May 1. The step followed 11 days of street protests in London by the Extinction Rebellion environmental campaign group. 

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