Beyond the words: What happens after a climate emergency is declared? - Climate Emergency Declaration

Beyond the words: What happens after a climate emergency is declared? - Climate Emergency Declaration

A major new study published by Nature has shed important light on the climate emergency declaration movement – and, for the first time in peer-reviewed research, has turned its focus squarely on what happens next. Titled “Climate emergency declarations by local governments – what comes next?”, the study examines the real-world actions taken by 39 local governments in Victoria, Australia, that declared a climate emergency between 2016 and 2022. I…