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Attachment A
<br />Whereas, the climatic changes resulting from global warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius above
<br />preindustrial levels, including changes resulting from global warming of more than 2 degrees Celsius
<br />above preindustrial levels, are projected to result in irreversible, catastrophic changes to public health,
<br />livelihoods, quality of life, food security, water supplies, human security, and economic growth; and
<br />Whereas, in 2019, the United Nations Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and
<br />Ecosystem Services found that human-induced climate change is pushing the planet toward the sixth mass
<br />species extinction, which threatens the food security, water supply, and well-being of billions of people;
<br />and
<br />Whereas, according to climate scientists, limiting global warming to not more than 1.5 degrees Celsius
<br />above preindustrial levels, and likely lower, is most likely to avoid irreversible and catastrophic climate
<br />change; and
<br />Whereas, according to climate scientists, addressing the climate emergency will require an economically
<br />just and managed phase-out of the use of oil, gas, and coal to keep fossil fuels in the ground; and
<br />Whereas, the massive scope and scale of action necessary to stabilize the climate will require
<br />unprecedented levels of public awareness, engagement, and deliberation to develop and implement
<br />effective, just, and equitable policies to address the climate crisis; and
<br />Whereas, failure to mobilize and solve the climate emergency is antithetical to the spirit of the Declaration
<br />of Independence in protecting “unalienable Rights” that include “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
<br />Happiness”; and
<br />Whereas, the United States and the City of Minneapolis stand uniquely poised to substantially grow the
<br />economy and attain social and health benefits from a massive mobilization of resources and labor that far
<br />outweigh the costs of inaction; and
<br />Whereas, millions of middle class jobs can be created by raising labor standards through project labor
<br />agreements and protecting and expanding the right of workers to organize so that workers in the United
<br />States and the communities of those workers are guaranteed a strong, viable economic future in a zero-
<br />emissions economy that guarantees good jobs at fair union wages, with quality benefits; and
<br />Whereas, frontline communities, Tribal governments and communities, people of color, and labor unions
<br />must be equitably and actively engaged in the climate mobilization and prioritized through local climate
<br />mitigation and adaptation planning, policy, and program delivery so that workers in the United States, the
<br />communities of those workers, are guaranteed a strong, viable economic future; and
<br />Whereas, a number of local jurisdictions and governments in the United States, including New York City
<br />and Los Angeles, and across the world, including the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Portugal,
<br />and Canada, have already declared a climate emergency, and a number of State and local governments
<br />are considering declaring a climate emergency in response to the massive challenges posed by the climate
<br />crisis; and
<br />Whereas, State, local, and Tribal governments must be supported in efforts to hold to account actors
<br />whose activities have deepened and accelerated the climate crisis and who have benefitted from delayed
<br />action to address the climate change emergency and to develop a fossil fuel-free economy; and
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