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<br />section 1 <br /> <br /> <br />a For a sample resolution <br />outlining a city's <br />commitment, view the <br />elt',' of Seattle's <br />RpSOllJlion <br /> <br />View a ~l111nlc (('Sarli! ion <br />from a city participatIng <br />In IClm Cities for <br />Climate Protection <br />Campaign <br /> <br />The sample above can be <br />modified to Include <br />language specIfic to your <br />community See how tile <br />Cit\' of CJrtlondClle CO <br />has personalized Its <br />resolution <br /> <br />policies <br /> <br />Planning for longt('nn municipal rOTnmitllWllts is th(' crucial fir~t strp for a city <br />C'ngaging in c1imatl' protection actions. Poliri('s and resolutions help build political will <br />and ensun' that a city's capital illwstmrlHS and opC'rational change'S ran n'alizC' Ill(' <br />intendNi bem'fits O\'er timC', Cities ran also ('Il.lCl local. stat(>, and national policies and <br />Irghlatioll that build political support for dilll3tl' prote-ction. <br /> <br />Lead Climate Cities: U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection <br />Agreement <br /> <br />As a signatory to th(' U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agre(,TlIl'1lt (tvtCPA), your city <br />joins 3 leading group of citie's nationwide that have c:-olTImilted to aclion to advance <br />climate protection at 1h(' local lew!. Led by Sealtle ivla)'or Gn'g Nickels. till" MCPA <br />aims to promote' climate' proll'ction and Ihe goals of the' Kyoto Protocol - an <br />inh'rnational agn'l'IlwIlt addre~~ing global warming pollution and ratified by 164 <br />COUlltril'S - through leadrrship and action by American cities. <br /> <br />On February 16. 2005. S,'allle Mayor Gn'g Nickels laullched the MCPA. Today it <br />includes nearly 300 signature~ from mayors n'prf'~f'nting OWl' 49 million A"wricans in <br />4<1 statf'S and \Vashingtan. D.C. <br /> <br />m To scc the cities Ulat have signed the Agreement, viSIt: <br />hi t O"//I/INIW seat lie .nov/lTlnvor fcll1Tl8trdnef (II III 111 m=wtlo <br /> <br />To view full text of the MCPA, VISIt; <br />Illln:llvNNI.USrn(1vors orn/u'icm/r('sotuliorls/73r(j conf(,rllnwlcn 01 ;J50 <br /> <br />Ensure Your City's Commitment: Pass a Climate Protection <br />Resolution <br /> <br />Om' of tll(' First stf'pS a city cal1 take towards fl'dueing global warming pollution is to <br />pass a local resolution that affirms the city's comlTlitml'IJt. Passing a resolution <br />highlights the importance' rll'rled offieiah plan' 011 c1imah' chang(' and Sl'rVl'S as 3llothl'r <br />opportunity to educate the public and thr loral gO\'l'rnnH'llt staff \",hile securing a path <br />towards action and imp!eTlwntation far into the fUllIrl'. <br />