On January 14, 2008, Mayor Tom Grady, on behalf of the Borough of Narberth, joined the Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement as endorsed by the 73rd Annual U.S. Conference of Mayors. 

Special thanks to Avi Fox and the Narberth Greens for lending their voice and vision to the Borough on this important step forward for our town!

 

          

Background:

          Climate disruption is an urgent threat to the environmental and economic health of our communities. Many cities, in this country and abroad, already have strong local policies and programs in place to reduce global warming pollution, but more action is needed at the local, state, and federal levels to meet the challenge.

        On February 16, 2005 the Kyoto Protocol, the international agreement to address climate disruption, became law for the 141 countries that have ratified it to date. On that day, Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels launched the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement to advance the goals of the Kyoto Protocol through leadership and action. Two years later, The U.S.Conference of Mayors launched the Mayors Climate Protection Centerto administer and track the agreement, among its other activities. By November 1, 2007, there were more than 710 signatories to the Agreement.

        On Monday, January 14, 2008, the Borough of Narberth joined the Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement.

        Under the Agreement, participating cities (and now Narberth) commit to take the following three actions:

•Strive to meet or beat the Kyoto Protocol targets in their own communities, through actions ranging from anti-sprawl land-use policies to urban forest restoration projects to public information campaigns;

•Urge their state governments, and the federal government, to enact policies and programs to meet or beat the greenhouse gas emission reduction target suggested for the United States in the Kyoto Protocol -- 7% reduction from 1990 levels by 2012; and

•Urge the U.S. Congress to pass the bipartisan greenhouse gas reduction legislation, which would establish a national emission trading system.

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I hope you will join us in this important endeavor!

        Best regards,

 

        Mayor Tom Grady

 

 

Narberth Greens: www.narberthgreens.org

Climate Protection Agreement and Resolution ( US Conference of Mayors site)  http://usmayors.org/climateprotection/documents/mcpAgreement.pdf

United Nations Background on Climate Change