{"id":33789,"date":"2019-03-01T14:13:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T14:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=33789"},"modified":"2019-03-01T14:13:29","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T14:13:29","slug":"welsh-mp-leading-charge-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/01\/welsh-mp-leading-charge-on-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Welsh MP leading charge on climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_33905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33905\" style=\"width: 601px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-33905 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Anna-McMorrin-pic-e1551448862747.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"326\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33905 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/Anna-McMorrin-pic-e1551448862747.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"326\" \/><\/noscript> Anna McMorrin, Welsh Labour MP for Cardiff North, speaking in Westminster yesterday<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nANNA McMorrin, MP for Cardiff North, co-sponsored a debate in Westminster yesterday after being inspired by the Cardiff school strike for climate change.<br \/>\nTwo weeks ago Cardiff saw <a href=\"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/02\/15\/400-welsh-pupils-unite-in-climate-change-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hundreds of students<\/a> take part in the world-wide school strike for climate chanting outside\u00a0the Senedd \u201cWhat do we want? Climate justice. When do we want it? Now!\u201d and \u201c2-4-6-8, can the climate really wait?\u201d.<br \/>\nMrs McMorrin said: &#8220;It is our children who will bear the brunt of our lack of action and on the climate strike just a couple of weeks ago, I am really pleased to say has spread to 14 countries world-wide.<br \/>\n&#8220;I was proud to be supporting that strike in Cardiff just the other week, supporting our young people and having that voice and being with my 15-year-old daughter there, who I am proud wanted to have that voice.<br \/>\n&#8220;We need to\u00a0we need to think more like the Welsh, like the Welsh government, leading the way on climate change and leading the way for future generations,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\nIt was pointed out that the UK is currently on track to miss its carbon reduction target and the legally binding 15% renewable energy target by 2020.<br \/>\nActs such as scrapping the green investment bank, established in 2012 by the coalition government to fund green infrastructure projects, and abolishing the Department for Energy and Climate Change, make reaching those targets harder.<br \/>\nOpening her speech, Anna McMorrin expressed shock that there have only been two debates in Westminster on climate change in the last two years, but drew attention to the fact she had sponsored one of them and co-sponsored yesterday&#8217;s debate.<br \/>\nShe said: &#8220;Why are we only holding this hugely important debate now?&#8221;<br \/>\nCardiff&#8217;s School Strike for Climate was organised by Beth Irving, 17, a student at\u00a0United World College Atlantic College.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33912\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33912\" style=\"width: 536px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-33912 \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-400x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-400x300-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-400x300-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-400x300-1-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33912 \" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-400x300-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"536\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-400x300-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-400x300-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/IMG_2174-400x300-1-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/noscript> Beth Irving &#8211; organizer of Cardiff&#8217;s School Strike for Climate Change<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nSpeaking to <em>The Cardiffian<\/em> about yesterday&#8217;s debate, Beth said: &#8220;I think the fact that MPs are beginning to talk about climate change as a real issue is promising.<br \/>\n&#8220;However, the numbers who turned out were disappointing and, for us, frustrating.<br \/>\n&#8220;The school strikes have triggered this debate, obviously this is monumental for our movement and represents a significant shift in attitudes.\u00a0But it is not enough.<br \/>\n&#8220;As a start, we can clearly grow from here but there is so much further to go!<br \/>\n&#8220;In debates on Brexit, the House of Commons is packed and yet on climate change, an issue that will overpower any law or policy as it wrecks havoc across the world, there was barely a handful of MPs,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33930\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-33930 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/empty-commons.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/empty-commons.jpg 602w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/empty-commons-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/empty-commons-500x265.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/empty-commons-293x155.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33930 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/empty-commons.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/empty-commons.jpg 602w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/empty-commons-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/empty-commons-500x265.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/empty-commons-293x155.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/noscript> MPs debating climate change yesterday<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIt was recognised that the recent heatwave in the UK &#8211; which saw the hottest winter day ever, with temperatures in\u00a0Trawsgoed, Wales, rising to 20.6C on Monday &#8211; should have made this debate more urgent especially in light of the IPCC report published in October 2018.<br \/>\nThe IPCC report is the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which is the United Nations report on the science behind climate change explaining we have 12 years left before we have caused irrecoverable damage to Earth&#8217;s climate.<br \/>\nThe report found that if temperatures rose over 1.5C than the risk of severe drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people is severely increased.<br \/>\nLayla Moran, the Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon, was the main sponsor of the debate and Caroline Lucas\u00a0the Green MP for Brighton Pavilion also co-sponsored it.<br \/>\nMrs McMorrin said one of the most iconic images to emerge from the Katowice conference for her was the hearing<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VbDnPj0G0wY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0Greta Thunberg&#8217;s voice<\/a> imploring action.\u00a0The whole school strike movement was inspired\u00a0by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg&#8217;s lone protest on climate change outside the Swedish parliament building.<br \/>\nBeth Irving, 17, the organiser of the Cardiff Strike has said that Greta Thunbergs actions have been an inspiration to her.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33892\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33892\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-33892 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/greta_thunberg_full_speech_at_un_climate_change_cop24_conference_640_ori_crop_master__0x0_640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/greta_thunberg_full_speech_at_un_climate_change_cop24_conference_640_ori_crop_master__0x0_640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/greta_thunberg_full_speech_at_un_climate_change_cop24_conference_640_ori_crop_master__0x0_640x360-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/greta_thunberg_full_speech_at_un_climate_change_cop24_conference_640_ori_crop_master__0x0_640x360-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/greta_thunberg_full_speech_at_un_climate_change_cop24_conference_640_ori_crop_master__0x0_640x360-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33892 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/greta_thunberg_full_speech_at_un_climate_change_cop24_conference_640_ori_crop_master__0x0_640x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/greta_thunberg_full_speech_at_un_climate_change_cop24_conference_640_ori_crop_master__0x0_640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/greta_thunberg_full_speech_at_un_climate_change_cop24_conference_640_ori_crop_master__0x0_640x360-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/greta_thunberg_full_speech_at_un_climate_change_cop24_conference_640_ori_crop_master__0x0_640x360-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/greta_thunberg_full_speech_at_un_climate_change_cop24_conference_640_ori_crop_master__0x0_640x360-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript> Greta Thunberg speaking at Katowice, Poland 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nMrs Morrin said in Westminster yesterday: &#8220;Since the summit there has been an unwritten agreement that we must tackle climate change but only in so far as it doesn&#8217;t jeopardize our neo-liberal economic model or damage any encumbered interests.<br \/>\n&#8220;Despite its success the Paris agreement didn&#8217;t fundamentally change this situation&#8230;but it did send a signal to the world&#8230;that we have to have a very clear trajectory about where we are going towards a zero carbon economy,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\nA neo-liberal economic model refers to our current economic system which relies on a free-market and capitalist competition.<br \/>\nAnna McMorrin has been a member of the Environmental Audit Committee &#8211; whose job is to examine how government department&#8217;s policies and programmes will affect both environment and sustainable development &#8211; since September 2017.<br \/>\nThis particular debate was about climate change and how to achieve a net zero for carbon emissions.<br \/>\nMary Creagh, chair of the Environmental Audit Committee, said politicians needed to shape and bend the financial system to invest in a green economy.<br \/>\n\u201cTo achieve net zero we have to reduce our emissions rapidly and at scale in every area of our economy and our lives,\u201d she said.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33914\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33914\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-33914 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/0_DzcHM2pX0AAQySc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/0_DzcHM2pX0AAQySc.jpg 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/0_DzcHM2pX0AAQySc-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/0_DzcHM2pX0AAQySc-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/0_DzcHM2pX0AAQySc-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33914\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-33914 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/0_DzcHM2pX0AAQySc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/0_DzcHM2pX0AAQySc.jpg 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/0_DzcHM2pX0AAQySc-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/0_DzcHM2pX0AAQySc-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/03\/0_DzcHM2pX0AAQySc-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/noscript> Children outside the Senedd protesting on climate change<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAmong those protesting in Cardiff two weeks ago were 18 primary school pupils from Radnor Primary School in Canton, brought by their teacher Eoghan Walsh, 41.<br \/>\nHe said the pupils were part of an after school eco club, which achieved Green Flag status, meaning they have reached a national standard in education on environmental issues.<br \/>\nIt has been tackling problems like plastic pollution and has started a campaign to encourage pupils and their parents to travel to school by walking, scootering or cycling.<br \/>\nAt the end of the protest his students led a moving song about the issue.<br \/>\nThe next Cardiff based school strike for climate is on Friday 15th of March 11am &#8211; 2pm outside the Senedd.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pupils sing to call for an end to fossil fuel use at the senedd <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClimateStrike?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClimateStrike<\/a> \ud83c\udf3f\ud83c\udf0e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SdQjY53hC6\">pic.twitter.com\/SdQjY53hC6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Cardiffian (@cardiffian_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cardiffian_news\/status\/1096382804529737728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"School Strikes for Climate\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W-e_1uvn5Q0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; 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Two weeks ago Cardiff saw hundreds of students take part in the world-wide school strike for climate chanting outside\u00a0the Senedd \u201cWhat do we want? Climate justice. When do we want it? Now!\u201d and \u201c2-4-6-8, can the climate really wait?\u201d. Mrs McMorrin said: &#8220;It is our children who will bear the brunt of our lack of action and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":33905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,3,113],"tags":[6448,6449,6450,6451,6452],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-33789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-longer-reads","category-news","category-uncategorised","tag-anna-mcmorrin-mp","tag-beth-irving","tag-cardiff-school-strike-for-climate","tag-school-strike-for-climate","tag-westminster-climate-change-debate"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Meet the Welsh MP leading charge on climate change - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2019\/03\/01\/welsh-mp-leading-charge-on-climate-change\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Meet the Welsh MP leading charge on climate change - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ANNA McMorrin, MP for Cardiff North, co-sponsored a debate in Westminster yesterday after being inspired by the Cardiff school strike for climate change. 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