In spite of what they keep telling us, our government's response to the climate crisis has been far from adequate - support for renewable energy has been withdrawn, fracking has been forced on local communities, a major airport is due for expansion and our economy still treats the natural world as a commodity to be endlessly exploited without consequences.

Over 50 MPs have signed this early day motion calling on the UK government to declare a country wide climate emergency - find out here who your MP is and if they haven't supported the motion yet email, tweet or go and meet them to ask why?

We are not using the word emergency lightly. Let's demand our MPs to act accordingly and start debating the climate crisis seriously.