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Climate disruption is an urgent threat to the environmental and economic health
of our communities. Many cities, in this country and abroad, already have strong
local policies and programs in place to reduce global warming pollution, but more
action is needed at the local, state, and federal levels to meet the challenge.
On February 16, 2005 the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement to address
climate disruption, became law for the 141 countries that have ratified it to date.
On that day, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels launched the US Mayors Climate
Protection Agreement to advance the goals of the Kyoto Protocol through
leadership and action. Two years later in anticipation of over 500 signatories to
the Agreement, The US Conference of Mayors launched its Climate Protection
Center in February to administer and track the agreement.
Under the Agreement, participating cities commit to take the following three
actions:
Strive to meet or beat the Kyoto Protocol targets in their own communities,
through actions ranging from anti -sprawl land -use policies to urban forest
restoration projects to public information campaigns;
Urge their state governments, and the federal government, to enact
policies and programs to meet or beat the greenhouse gas emission
reduction target suggested for the United States in the Kyoto Protocol --
7% reduction from 1990 levels by 2012; and
Urge the U.S. Congress to pass the bipartisan greenhouse gas reduction
legislation, which would establish a national emission trading system
Links
Climate Protection Agreement and Resolution ( US Conference of Mayors site)
Mavor Nickels' Web conference
Media Coverage
United Nations Backaround on Climate Change
The U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement — Signature Page
You have my support for the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.
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Please add my comments in support of the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement. We will add
these to the Website (optional):
Please return completed form at your earliest convenience to:
The U.S. Conference of Mayors
Climate Protection Center
By Mail: By Fax (202) 429 -0422
16201 Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006 By a -mail: brosenberg a,usmayors.ora
For more information: (202) 861 -6782