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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

Voters must demand that all candidates and parties commit to radical action on the climate crisis

A cardboard protest banner, crafted by schoolchildren, displayed around Cambridge University's Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences in a bid to spark conversation about the climate crisis. It reads 'It is not the strongest of the species that survives, but the most adaptable to change.'
A cardboard protest banner, crafted by schoolchildren, displayed around Cambridge University's Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences in a bid to spark conversation about the climate crisis.
Photograph: Cambridge University/PA

David King’s passionate advocacy is a timely reminder in the run-up to the UK and European elections of the imperative to persuade, or force, governments, markets and corporations to immediately prioritise “reducing emissions, removing excess greenhouse gases (GHGs) … repairing ecosystems; and strengthening local and global resilience” (Humanity’s survival is still within our grasp – just. But only if we take these radical steps, 27 May).

To make this happen, while raising the huge amounts of money needed for the transition and enabling disadvantaged nations and communities, voters should demand that all candidates and parties commit to the following:

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