Sponsor
Alderman McCarthy
Title
Paris Climate Accord - Climate Change
CITY OF RACINE
RESOLUTION: CLIMATE CHANGE
WHEREAS, Racine, Wisconsin has an opportunity to lead the state and the nation with investments in green infrastructure and technology that will facilitate the City's transition off of fossil fuels, while building a twenty-first century economy and a more resilient community; and
WHEREAS, consensus exists among the world’s leading climate scientists that climate change caused by emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities is among the most significant problems facing the world today; and
WHEREAS, documented impacts of climate change include but are not limited to increased occurrences of extreme weather events, adverse impacts on ecosystems, rapid shifts in demographic patterns, and impacts on public health and vulnerable populations; and
WHEREAS, climate change has been widely recognized by government, business, and academic leaders as a worldwide threat with the potential to harm public safety, public health, local and global economies, and quality of life; and
WHEREAS, climate change poses specific risks to the Racine Community, including more frequent and severe extreme weather events, including flooding, heat waves, and droughts, which threaten community health and safety and create economic burdens for residents; and
WHEREAS, 195 countries vowed to address climate change in the Paris Climate Accord adopted on December 12, 2015; and
WHEREAS, more than 400 cities have committed to achieving the goals set forth in the Paris Climate Accord; and
WHEREAS, the Paris Climate Accord resulted in a commitment from almost every nation to take action and enact programs to limit global temperature increase to less than two degrees Celsius, with an expectation that this goal would be reduced to 1.5 degrees in the future; and
WHEREAS, climate change has been identified as a priority for the United States Military, as outlined in DoD D...
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