A group who have held silent vigils outside Sheffield Town Hall for two years have demanded action from the government over climate change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sheffield Climate Vigil, a group based in Sheffield City Centre who hold regular silent vigils, feel ‘let down’ by the government over response to the climate crisis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Joan Miller, a lobbyist and member of Sheffield Climate Vigil, said: “The government implies that green policies are a luxury and that’s not true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“They’re not taking enough notice of what the climate change committee is saying. They need to listen to their own advisors.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In November 2022, at the COP27 climate talks, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak\u00a0pledged he would fulfil the UK’s commitment to reduce emissions by at least 68% by 2030. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, ‘Friends of Earth’, one of the organisations that brought the case against the government, warned that the UK “should be much closer” to these goals, “but instead, it went backwards.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The UK Climate Change Committee – UKCCC – also warned the government plan would only deliver a fifth of the emissions cuts needed in the next ten years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bob Banks, also a member of Sheffield Climate Vigil, said: “I definitely feel let down by the government, what’s needed is not pledges but action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“From the government we need complete stopping of new fossil fuel licenses, it’s ridiculous at this stage that we\u2019re pouring more fuel on the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It doesn\u2019t feel like it should be a left-wing or right-wing political football, it feels like no matter what your ideology you should be in favour of saving the planet.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Friday 3 May, the high court ruled against the government, for the second time, for not doing enough to meet the targets of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ed Miliband, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State of Climate Change and Net Zero, said the ruling is a “new low even for this clown show of a government that has totally failed on energy and climate for 14 years”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ruling means that Britain will have to submit a new plan, for the second time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sheffield Climate Vigil group hold silent vigils every first and third Monday of the month and are urging people to ‘join something’ in the fight for change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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