A proposal to revoke a council’s climate emergency declaration has been postponed due to high temperatures. Cllr Austen Moore suggested scrapping King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council’s climate emergency declaration, which was set for discussion on Thursday. However, the meeting was canceled because of predicted temperatures over 30C and red and amber heat alerts issued by the Met Office.
In a statement on Facebook, King’s Lynn & West Norfolk Borough Council announced the postponement of the Full Council meeting due to the extreme heat alert and expected temperatures exceeding 30C. The meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, July 2, for the comfort and safety of all participants.
Cllr Austen Moore, a Reform councillor for North Lynn, raised concerns about vulnerable residents facing financial difficulties related to increasing energy costs and policies affecting daily living expenses. The council, currently under no overall control, had declared a climate emergency in 2021.
Durham county council, led by the Reform party, was the first UK local authority to retract its climate emergency declaration in July 2025. The Met Office issued an amber warning for ‘extreme heat’ with temperatures expected to reach 31C on Thursday, while a red warning was in place for southern regions, the Midlands, and Wales, with London expecting temperatures up to 33C.