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<br />RESOLUTION
<br />By Gordon and Schroeder
<br />Declaring that thereis a climate emergency which demands a massive-scalemobilization to halt,
<br />reverse, and address its consequences and causesof climate change.
<br />Whereas, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 were the 4 hottest years on record and the 20 warmest years on
<br />record have occurred within the past 22 years;and
<br />Whereas, global atmospheric concentrations of the primary heat-trapping gas, or greenhouse gas, carbon
<br />dioxide—
<br />(1) have increased by 40 percent since preindustrial times, from 280 parts per million to 415 parts
<br />per million, primarily due to human activities, including burning fossil fuels and deforestation;
<br />(2) are rising at a rate of 2 to 3 parts per million annually;
<br />(3) must be reduced to not more than 350 parts per million, and likely lower, “if humanity wishes to
<br />preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on Earth is
<br />adapted,” according to former National Aeronautics and Space Administration climatologist, Dr.
<br />James Hansen; and
<br />Whereas, global atmospheric concentrations of other greenhouse gases, including methane, nitrous
<br />oxide, and hydrofluorocarbons, have also increased substantially since preindustrial times, primarily due
<br />to human activities, including burning fossil fuels; and
<br />Whereas, current climate science and real-world observations of climate change impacts, including ocean
<br />warming, ocean acidification, floods, droughts, wildfires, and extreme weather, demonstrate that a global
<br />rise in temperatures of 1 degree Celsius above preindustrial levels is already having dangerous impacts on
<br />human populations and the environment; and
<br />Whereas, the 2018 National Climate Assessment found that climate change due to global warming has
<br />caused, and is expected to cause additional, substantial interference with and growing losses to
<br />infrastructure, property, industry, recreation, natural resources, agricultural systems, human health and
<br />safety, and quality of life in the United States; and
<br />Whereas, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has determined that climate change is
<br />already increasing the frequency of extreme weather and other climate-related disasters, including
<br />drought, wildfire, and storms that include precipitation; and
<br />Whereas, climate-related natural disasters have increased exponentially over the past decade, costing the
<br />United States more than double the long-term average during the period of 2014 through 2018, with total
<br />costs of natural disasters during that period of approximately $100,000,000,000 per year; and
<br />Whereas, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found wide-ranging, acute, and fatal public
<br />health consequences from climate change that impact communities across the United States; and
<br />Whereas, the National Climate and Health Assessment of the United States Global Change Research
<br />Program identified climate change as a significant threat to the health of the people of the United States,
<br />leading to increased—
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