Children have gone on strike from schools, Extinction Rebellion has occupied our headlines and our cities, and now the UK has declared a Climate Emergency, as have many individual towns, cities and communities - Universities, even! 
But what has the Greta-effect actually had on the UK, and what does declaring a very official sounding (but not actually very officially-binding) Climate Emergency even mean?
Things we chatted about:
WWF Climate Emergency Demand Action Petition: https://www.wwf.org.uk/fight-climate-change
Friend's of the Earth's to-do list for the UK Government to address climate change: https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate-change/climate-emergency-plan?gclid=Cj0KCQjwz6PnBRCPARIsANOtCw1k4RA1FFWRIuMw9O-PIw07hXL4QRiu90QFsUuWWXPsU-0l78IzG-YaAnbyEALw_wcB
The Guardian, 'We must mobilise for the climate emergency like we do in wartime. Where is the climate minister?': https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2019/jun/03/we-must-mobilise-for-the-climate-emergency-like-we-do-in-war-time-where-is-the-climate-minister
 
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