National Council of Austria Declares Climate Emergency and Asks Government to Consider IPBES Reports as Factual Basis of Future Environmental Policies

Description of Impact(s) (English Only) In response to the dangerous decline of nature, the National Council of Austria declared a Climate Emergency to send a strong political signal to develop better climate and environmental policy for the benefit of the country. As part of this resolution, the National Council also called on the Austrian government to consider IPBES reports as the factual basis for future climate and environmental policies.