Another North West council to declare a 'Climate Change Emergency'

Granada
Wednesday 17 July 2019 at 5:59am

The sun rises behind the Liverpool skyline Credit: PA.

Liverpool City Council will look to declare a Climate Change Emergency at a special debate today.

It's following in the footsteps of Manchester, Wirral, Preston and Lancashire which have already made the declarations.

All 90 Liverpool councillors will be asked to vote on passing a motion that will require the authority to cut its carbon output to zero by 2030.

In a cross party motion, the leaders of all four political parties will also pledge to commit the city council to work with individuals and partners across Liverpool to support them in reaching a net zero carbon position by 2030.

The council estimates Liverpool has cut 840,000 tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere since 2005.

And they say they're currently on target to cut carbon emissions by 42% by 2020 since 2005.