Petition · past parliament

Invest heavily in renewable energy and net carbon reduction from the atmosphere

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

2019 is set to have record levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, with a projected 411ppm. We have 12 years before the effects of climate change are irreversible. When she grows up old enough to ask "Why Daddy...?" my 7 month old baby will have to hear that we just didn't bother hard enough
https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/climate-change-evidence-causes/basics-of-climate-change/
http://www.pnas.org/content/97/4/1406.short -
The economic impacts of climate change: evidence from agricultural output and random fluctuations in weather

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

25 Jan 2019 Petition opened for signatures
5 Feb 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12
Status Rejected
Rejected 5 Feb 2019

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