We are living through a climate emergency that’s worsening each day.

Sea ice is melting, oceans are rising while fatal wildfires, heat waves, and hurricanes are becoming the norm. 

Our planet is approaching a critical threshold and the stakes couldn’t be higher.

The last seven years have been the warmest on record — we cannot allow this trend to continue.

Now is the time to tackle the climate crisis head on, before it’s too late.

You can help: Sign our new petition to urge President Biden to declare a national climate emergency. 

Officially declaring the climate crisis a national emergency would unlock the tools needed to steer the economy away from fossil-fueled climate catastrophe toward a sustainable, just future. 

The science is clear: climate change is here, and the stakes couldn't be higher. The recent Supreme Court decision limiting the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate coal- and gas-fired power plants makes it abundantly clear that Biden must declare a climate emergency if we are to tackle this crisis head on. 

A climate emergency declaration would also empower Biden to address the main driver of global warming — fossil fuel production — by reinstating the ban on crude-oil exports, lifted by Congress in 2015 after four decades. 

The Center for Biological Diversity is urging Biden to use his existing emergency powers to move us toward a livable planet.

Take action now: Sign the petition to urge President Biden to declare a national climate emergency.