Request for the City of Stirling to Declare a Climate Emergency

Dear Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Councillors of the City of Stirling; I am writing to you today to implore you that a climate emergency is declared in the City of Stirling. I am writing to you today to ask that you consider the 150 million people that will die prematurely before the end of the century. I am writing to you today to ask you to consider the 100 to 200 species that have gone extinct between the time you and I woke up this morning and the time we will go to bed this evening. I am writing to you today to ask you to consider the horrible and disastrous effects the climate crisis will have on human rights. I am writing to you today to ask you to consider the trillions of dollars that climate change will cost annually by the end of the century, such that the diseases alone released by melting ice, would cost $70 trillion, regardless of the other climate change costs. I am writing to you to consider how these and the plethora of other ramifications of climate change may affect the residents and people of the City of Stirling, such as yourself, myself, and all those around us. This is why I am calling on the City of Stirling to declare a climate emergency. Thus far, as of writing this petition the local council's of 3 million people, or 12% of the Australian population have declared a climate emergency, including the City of Sydney and Melbourne, as well as the City of Vincent, the Town of Victoria Park and the Fremantle City Council - all in our beautiful state of Western Australia. Moreover, more than 60% of Australians agree with the sentiment that "Global warming is a serious and pressing problem." This petition reflects a lot of those people, though an even farther amount would agree with it, more than this petition could possibly reach. For the future of ourself and our children, we ask you to please consider this petition and the will of the people. We have been given 11 years to drastically reduce emissions, lest our world warm to the point where humans face an existential threat. We cannot wait until the next Federal election. We need all action at all levels of government. I am calling on my local council to respect the will of the people and embrace climate action. We request that you declare a climate emergency. This would demonstrate a concrete commitment, a willingness to stand together and fight to prevent the largest threat of our times; this would also require the rapid mobilisation of equipment to tackle climate change within our local council and moreover to display to the federal government that this is a serious issue. Please, sign and share this ePetition and send a strong message, for me, for you, for us: Save us from a climate crisis, before it’s too late. Declare a climate emergency, today.