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The European Parliament has declared a climate emergency. And it did so without the help of many of the UK’s pro-Brexit MEPs.
A resolution declaring the emergency and calling on all global actors to “urgently take the concrete action needed in order to fight and contain this threat before it is too late” passed with 429 votes for, 225 votes against, and 19 abstentions on November 28.
Six of the 225 votes against were from the UK’s Brexit Party MEPs. 21 of the party’s MEPs, including party leader Nigel Farage, didn’t show for the vote, however.
