Mundaring declares Climate Change Emergency

Press release

Mundaring Shire Council has voted to declare a climate emergency.

The vote at the December 10 Council meeting followed strong discussion among councillors, deputations from concerned residents and strong public support.

Mundaring in Transition, a group with more than 300 members, instigated this vote through a proposal put to, and supported unanimously by, the Shire’s Environmental Advisory Committee.

The Mundaring in Transition (MiT) Climate Change Interest Group would like to thank Mundaring Shire’s councillors for their sincere engagement with the issue of climate change and for their honest exchanges with each other in the Council and their recognition of the strong community support that led to this declaration.

For more see Climate Change Interest Group