Resolution 14018CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 14°18
ENDORSING AND SUPPORTING THE U.S. CONFERENCE OF
MAYORS' CLIMATE PROTECTION AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, scientific consensus has developed that Carbon Dioxide
(CO2) and other greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere have a
profound effect on the Earth's climate; and
WHEREAS, in 2001, at the request of the Administration, the National
Academy of Sciences reviewed and declared global warming a real problem
caused in part by the actions of humankind; and
WHEREAS, the 2001 Third Assessment Report from the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the 2000 U.S. Global Change
Research Program's First National Assessment indicate that global warming
has begun; and
WHEREAS, 162 countries including the U.S. pledged under the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to reduce its greenhouse
gas emissions; and
WHEREAS, in 2003 the American Geophysical Union adopted a
statement noting that human activities are increasingly altering the Earth's
climate and that natural influences cannot explain the rapid increase in near-
surface temperatures observed during the second half of the 20th century; and
WHEREAS on February 16, 2005 the Kyoto Protocol took effect in the
141 countries that ratified it; and
WHEREAS, on June 13, 2005 the Mayors' Climate Protection
Agreement was passed unanimously by the U.S. Conference of Mayors; and
WHEREAS, as of July 14, 2006, Mayors representing over 47 million
Americans have supported the Agreement; and
WHEREAS, local governments influence communities' emissions by
exercising key powers over land use, transportation, construction, waste
management, and energy management; and
WHEREAS, local government actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and increase energy efficiency provide multiple local benefits by
decreasing air pollution, creating jobs, reducing energy expenditures, and
saving money for the local government, its businesses and its residents; and
WHEREAS, on July 18, 2006, the City Council of the City of Alameda
adopted a Resolution to become a member of the International Council for
Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) and agreed to participate in the Cities for
Climate Protection Campaign and, as ' a participant, pledged to take a
leadership role in promoting public awareness about the causes and impacts of
climate change; and
WHEREAS, the City Council's actions regarding ICLEI support and
further the Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Alameda pledges to take a leadership role in promoting public awareness
about the causes and impacts of climate change and endorses and supports
the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and regularly
adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in the Regular Meeting of the City
Council on the 19th day of September 2006, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, deHaan, Gilmore, Matarrese and Mayor
Johnson - 5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the official seal of said City
this 20th day of September, 2006.
Lara Weisiger, City C `e k
City of Alameda