We know we are in an emergency and that the Government isn’t doing enough.

The Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) Bill has been developed  with members of XR alongside members of the successful Big Ask campaign  that led to the Climate Change Act in 2008, with contributions from  prominent scientists and academics.

If the CEE Bill is made law, the Government would have to act fast,  accounting for our entire carbon footprint while actively conserving  nature here and overseas.

Article by Rob Hopkins about Why the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill could lead to a revolution of the imagination.

• The UK would develop a serious plan to deal with our fair share of emissions and to halt critical rises in global temperatures.
• Our entire carbon footprint would be taken into account – in the UK and overseas.
• The active conservation and restoration of nature here and overseas,  recognising the damage we cause through the goods we import.
• Those in power would not depend on future technologies to save the  day; technologies that are used as an excuse for us to carry on  polluting.
• Ordinary people would have a real say on the right way forward in a Citizens’ Assembly with bite.

We’re asking all MPs to sign the Bill and publicly back it. We need  the support of as many MPs as possible so that the Bill can move  forward. The more MPs that back it, the pressure grows on Government to  give it parliamentary time and continue its journey to becoming new law.

It will first be presented as a Private Member’s Bill in the House of  Commons which sets it off on its journey. Only one MP can put it  forward, but there can be 12 names on the Bill itself, with further MPs  declaring their support. It needs widespread support to be successful  and move through to the second reading in the Commons.

A bill must be passed by the House of Commons and the House of Lords.  We need a simple majority of MPs present (or peers in the House of  Lords) to vote in favour of the Bill in order for it to be passed. It is  then given Royal Assent and becomes an Act of Parliament – i.e. it  enters into law.

If you know that your MP is going to vote for the CEE Bill then be hugely supportive of them!

For MPs who haven’t publicly stated their support for the Bill, XR rebels and campaigners can act in a number of ways:

• Ask your MP directly to sign the Bill. Find your local MP here.
• Lobby your MP at their constituency office. As a  constituent you can phone your MP’s office and ask for a meeting – most  MPs hold surgeries on a Friday in their local office. At the meeting,  show them the Bill and ask them to add their name to its supporters.  Keep doing this, every week.
• Publicly call on your MP to sign the Bill. Tweet  them, contact your local press or ring up your local radio station and  call on your MP to sign the Bill on air. Use thehashtag #CEEbill
• Join the CEE Bill campaign to  access brilliant resources for writing to and tweeting your MP. Once  you sign up you’ll receive an automatic email with links to all the  resources.
• Welsh rebels: The CEE Bill is not an issue that Members of the  Senedd (MS) can vote on. Welsh rebels and campaigners should lobby their  Westminster MP in the ways listed above.

Share the bill campaign on your social media networks. Ask your friends, family and community to back the bill and contact their MPs too.

Visit the CEE Bill campaign website

If you still have questions, you can email the CEE Bill campaign team at CEEbill@protonmail.com