Explanation:

A climate emergency declaration or declaring of a climate emergency is an action which is taken by the governments and scientists to acknowledge the humanity is in a climate emergency. The first such type of declaration was made in December 2016. From then over 1,400 local governments in twenty eight countries have made climate emergency declarations (as of April 2020). The term “climate emergency” has been encouraged by climate the activists and pro-climate action politicians to add a feeling of urgency for responding to a long-term problem. The term climate emergency doesn’t only describe the formal decisions, but also comprises actions to avert climate breakdown. This is expected to justify and focus them. The specific term "emergency" is used to assign the priority to the topic, and to generate a mindset of urgency.

The UK (United Kingdom), Ireland, Canada and France have all declared the climate emergencies. The UK (United Kingdom), which was the first country in the world who had declare a climate emergency following declarations by the Scotland and Wales, spent an annual average of $11 billion in fossil fuel subsidies between 2015-2016, according to data from the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).