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Nicola Sturgeon, first minister of Scotland, "declared a climate emergency at the SNP (I.e. Scottish National Party) conference" (BBC News, 2019) after speaking to the climate campaigners and students who missed school on Fridays to strike against the issue of global warming. This week, parties are pushing the UK government to declare a national climate emergency. Sturgeon later explained how Scotland is a "world leader" (BBC News, 2019) by setting an example and goal of being completely carbon neutral by 2050, while the UK government's goal is "to reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050" (BBC News, 2019). Despite what politicians are planning, people are pushing to be carbon neutral by 2030. Overall, Sturgeon pledges to follow scientists and their predictions on global warming and advice on reducing carbon emissions. 

This current event relates to the first current event, as well as the overall theme of discussing the importance and relevance of global warming today. This event of the first minister of Scotland declaring a climate emergency is the type of effect that the first current event was urging for. In the first current event, Greta Thunberg, Swedish activist, preached to the UK Parliament about the need to panic due to the limited amount of time available to retract the effect of global warming, before it is too late. As a result of Thunberg not only presenting her monologue on global warming to the UK Parliament, but the fact that it was all reported in the media, produced immense attention. Not only did she have the attention of the people, but the attention of politicians to act upon the request of the majority. Consequently, if it was not for the news report, video and overall media coverage, this issue may not have been taken seriously and simply brushed under the table.


BBC News. (2019). Nicola Sturgeon declares 'climate emergency' at SNP conference. BBC News. Retrieved from https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-48077802?fbclid=IwAR0VwV2LU3hRZz7MAd33dKRBD1DlMlc8yHczXHEBJCPxV8o4U_YnB2OAX94

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