Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tracey Crouch (Conservative), on Monday, 19 July 2021, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 50 members in total.

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Protecting grasslands at COP26 and beyond

That this House recognises that species-rich grasslands offer ways of reducing the impact of greenhouse gases that cause climate change by reducing flooding risk, locking up pollutants and acting as critical ecosystems for pollinators and supporting sustainable and resilient farming; regrets that in the last 100 years the UK alone has lost 97 per cent of its meadows and other species-rich grasslands leading to bumblebee extinctions and butterfly population declines; welcomes the formation of Grasslands+, a growing coalition that has come together to protect and restore the planet’s grasslands, savannahs, plains, heaths, steppes and meadows; urges Government Ministers to use the opportunity of COP26 in Glasgow to seek international recognition and protections for species-rich grasslands, to lead by example in taking action to mitigate the effects of climate change and increase biodiversity and to ensure that those areas of natural beauty are preserved for future generations to enjoy.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

335 

Session

2021-22

Other sponsors

Caroline Lucas

Peter Bottomley

Jim Shannon

Ben Lake

Mohammad Yasin

Subjects

Environment protection Grasslands

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk