The WA Government is rushing to introduce climate change legislation - including the 2050 net zero emissions target - by the end of this year. This important piece of legislation shapes the emissions trajectory of the state and the whole economy as we begin to urgently decarbonise.
However, a truncated four-week consultation period on the climate change legislation – which had limited conversations about the bill to a few stakeholder groups, but not the general public - has attracted criticism from climate advocates.This is your chance to tell the WA Government you want your say!
31 organisations have issued a joint statement urging the state government to re-open the consultation for the proposed bill - which ended on Tuesday 24th October – and to allow the public to have their say on the future of the state’s climate legislation. WA is seeing the impacts of climate change right here, right now, and we should all have a voice on issues that impact us.
Sign on to the statement and show your support for an extended consultation period!
Signatories: Conservation Council of WA, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Environs Kimberley, Doctors for the Environment Australia, 350 Australia, Perth Hills Climate Change Interest Group, The Beeliar Group of Professors for Environmental Responsibility, WA Climate Leaders, Australian Conservation Foundation Perth Community Group, Climate Justice Union, Lock the Gate Alliance, The Wilderness Society WA, Citizens’ Climate Lobby Australia, ARRCC - Australian Religious Response to Climate Change, Western Australian Council of Social Services, WA Green Urology Network, Climate Action Nurses, Climate Analytics, Nature Conservation Margaret River Region, Australian Youth Climate Coalition WA, Urban Bushland Council, Green Theatres Network Western Australia, Save Beeliar Wetlands, Cockburn Community Wildlife Corridor, West Australian Tree Canopy Advocates, Public Health Association of Australia, Sustainable Energy Now, Melville Community Climate Action Network, RENEW, Australasian Women in Emergencies Network, Women in Emergencies for Climate Action, Extinction Rebellion WA (XRWA)