Chloe presents student petition on Climate Change to No10

Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North, today presented a petition to 10 Downing Street. The petition was collected by students at Notre Dame High School in Norwich, who then invited Chloe to present it to the Prime Minister.

Inspired by the words of Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’, the students call upon the Government to show international leadership to secure fair and ambitious agreements on tackling climate change and poverty, urging that carbon emissions must fall to prevent global temperatures rising above the dangerous threshold of 1.5◦C.

Commenting on the petition Chloe said:

“I was delighted to be asked to present this petition by students at Notre Dame High School in Norwich.

“The petition comes as we work to implement the important goals set in Paris last year, in which the Government set out a clear long-term plan for the world to achieve net zero emissions by the end of the century. This sends a strong signal everyone that the move to a global low-carbon economy will become a reality, thereby providing the confidence necessary to deliver the scale of investment required. It’s great to see students in Norwich engaging in these global issues which will directly impact upon the world which they will inherit.”

World leaders gathered in Paris late last year to reach a global agreement on climate change. A copy of the students’ petition was presented to Parliament at the time of the conference.