Climate campaigners are calling on the BBC to declare a climate emergency and make the issue its top editorial priority. Since then it has grown rapidly and XR branches have sprung up in more than 35 countries. They also call on the BBC to make the crisis its “editorial and corporate priority by adoption of a climate emergency strategic plan, at the level of urgency placed on informing the public about the second world war”. Several cities in the UK, including London, have now declared a climate emergency. The latest XR group to set up internationally was in New York, where activists announced plans at their first meeting this weekend for a US national day of action on 26 January.

Source: The Guardian December 16, 2018 17:17 UTC