The City of Sydney has officially declared a climate emergency

City of Sydney councillors have voted to declare that climate change should be treated as a national emergency.

Activists from the Extinction Rebellion, Lord Mayor Clover Moore, Cr Jess Miller, Cr Jess Scully and Cr Robert Kok at Sydney Town Hall.

Sydney has officially declared a climate emergency, with the city's councillors voting that climate change poses a serious risk to the people of Sydney and the rest of Australia. 

Lord Mayor Clover Moore asked the council Monday night to call on the Federal Government to respond urgently to the emergency, by reintroducing a price on carbon to meet the Paris Agreement emissions reduction targets.

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