John,

The U.N.’s latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report paints an ominous picture of a world already slipping toward devastating, irreversible climate change. Fires, droughts, floods, and tornadoes are happening more frequently, and food and water shortages are getting worse. Corporate greed and legislative complacency are destroying the climate and endangering people across the planet. 

Climate change is already an urgent threat, and we’re nearly out of time to take immediate, decisive action to preserve our chance of a livable future for you and for the generations to come. There is still a path to reverse course, but we have to treat climate change like the emergency it is.

That's why we're joining with other organizations to demand the Biden administration act before it's too late. Sign the petition today: Tell President Biden to declare a climate emergency under the National Emergencies Act!

The Biden administration has the authority to use the National Emergencies Act to declare a climate emergency. Doing so would:

• Reinstate the crude oil export ban;
• Redirect disaster relief funds toward distributed renewable energy construction in frontline communities; and
• Marshal companies to fast-track renewable transportation and clean power generation.

Climate chaos is not something that will happen next week or next year. It’s happening now. But we can do something before it gets any worse. Tell President Biden to act NOW by declaring a climate emergency!

To avoid the worst-case scenario for the future of our planet, we must stop fossil fuel buildouts. Every new pipeline, compressor station, power plant, export facility, fracking operation, and drilling site fuels even more climate change and locks us into decades of disaster. And Black, Indigenous, brown, and low-income communities are hardest hit by fossil fuel pollution and often bear the brunt of climate change. 

President Biden has the power to stop disastrous fossil fuel projects and protect the climate we all depend on by declaring a national climate emergency. The climate crisis requires his bold leadership NOW, not tomorrow.

Urge President Biden to declare a climate emergency to protect the planet from irreversible climate chaos!

Thank you for taking action,

Jim Walsh
Policy Director
Food & Water Watch