Petition · past parliament

Keep a named department for climate change

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

The scrapping of the Department for Energy and Climate Change is deeply worrying, especially at such a critical time for the climate and the UK's climate change action. It signifies that climate change is dangerously low on the agenda of Theresa May's government; we strongly urge her to reconsider.
http://www.neweconomics.org/blog/entry/we-cant-afford-to-scrap-the-department-of-energy-and-climate-change

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Timeline

14 Jul 2016 Petition opened for signatures
22 Jul 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Jul 2016

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.