Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal cases
Make the climate emergency a lawful excuse in criminal damage and other such cases.
Signatures
450
signatures
Government response threshold (10,000) · 450/10,000
Debate threshold (100,000) · 450/100,000
- 13 NOV 2025Petition closedFinal total: 450 signatures
- 13 MAY 2025Petition opened for signatures
Background
We think that if the defendant is motivated by what we think is the urgent and all encompassing need to protect human life on Earth and do whatever they can to do this, then that is relevant to the case.
We think climate protests, although inconvenient, are vital to conserve life, so we feel the reasons for doing these actions are fundamentally relevant.