Climate and Ecological Emergency declared in the London Borough of Sutton

I forgot to add some links about this on this blog. An incredible achievement by Sutton Extinction Rebellion. The council tried to block the 2030 declaration for a climate and ecological emergency through recommendations in the officers report. However a local councillor (Shields/Crowley?) called for an amendment that was accepted by the committee, an amendment that called for a yes or no on the petition and a climate and ecological emergency rather than just a climate emergency. The vote carried the motion and the petition request forward so setting a zero carbon target for Sutton by 2030 and declaring a climate and ecological emergency. However the council were not expecting a rebellion agaisnt the planning officer's recommendations in the petition part of the meeting so another agenda item on the meeting was declaring a climate emergency (no mention of ecology) with a zero carbon target by 2045 which was also voted for so in effect they have set two targets a 2030 one for climate and ecology and a 2045 one. Incredible stuff and a well manoeuvred move that out flanked the planning officers. It basically means we have an undisputed ecological emergency declared to be addressed by 2030!