Last night City of Swan Councillors passed a motion put forward by Councillor Claire Scanlan to “lobby the State and Federal government to recognise a climate change emergency exists”. The motion was passed convincingly 12-3.

Cr Claire Scanlan told Oliver Peterson she’s pleased the City of Swan has taken the first step in acknowledging climate change exists.

“The City of Swan has already been doing a lot of work in this space but for the Council to acknowledge it like this is amazing.”

City of Swan joins Vincent, Fremantle and Vic Park as WA local governments that have declared a climate emergency.

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