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Attachment A Whereas, a collaborative response to the climate crisis will require the City of Minneapolis to work with international, State, and local governments, including with those governments that have declared a climate emergency, to reverse the impacts of the climate crisis; and Whereas, the City of Minneapolishas an obligation, as a driver of accelerated climate change, to mobilize at emergency speed to restore a safe climate and environment, particularlyforthose on the frontlines of the climate crisis who have least contributed to the crisis, and to account for global and community impacts of any actions it takes in response to the climate crisis; and Whereas, the US House of Representatives has introduced a Concurrent Resolution “Expressing the sense of Congress that there is a climate emergency which demands a massive-scale mobilization to halt, reverse, and address its consequences and causes,” upon which this resolution is based; Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by The City Council of The City of Minneapolis: That the global warming caused by human activities, which increase emissions of greenhouse gases, has resulted in a climate emergency that severely and urgently impacts the economic and social well-being, health and safety, and security of the city of Minneapolis; and demands a local, national, social, industrial, and economic mobilization of the resources and labor of the United States, the State of Minnesota, and the City of Minneapolis, at a massive scale to halt, reverse, mitigate, and prepare for the consequences of the climate emergency and to restore the climate for future generations. Be It Further Resolved that the City of Minneapolis has actedand will take even more aggressive action to halt, reverse, mitigate, and prepare for the consequences of the climate emergency. Page 4 | 4