FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 21, 2021
Statement from Mayor Noble
Regarding President Biden’s Paris Agreement Executive Order:
I am a part of Climate
Mayors, a bipartisan network of over 470 U.S. mayors working to
combat climate change through meaningful actions in their communities. After
President Biden’s historic Executive Order yesterday to bring the United States
back into the Paris Agreement, Climate Mayors released the following statement:
“Since 2017, when the previous
administration announced its intention to leave the Paris Agreement, Climate
Mayors served as a bulwark against climate complacency. Our 474 member cities
have remained committed to upholding the Paris Agreement, and have taken strong
actions to reduce carbon emissions and keep the United States on a path of
climate progress.
This past year, our cities were ground
zero for the fourfold crisis the Biden administration intends to prioritize:
the COVID-19 pandemic, a profound economic downturn, extreme climate impacts
and a national reckoning with racial inequity. We are at an inflection point
and, for cities, the stakes could not be higher.
Against this urgent backdrop, Climate
Mayors applaud and endorse President Biden’s decision to rejoin the Paris
Agreement. With the stakes so high, we are eager to collaborate with a federal
administration committed to urgent, bold climate action at the national and
international levels. As leaders on the ground, we keenly understand that
climate action will not only protect human civilization and prevent irreparable
climate disruption, but will also make American cities cleaner, healthier and
more equitable.
This announcement is only the beginning;
there is still a lot of work to do. It is essential that the transition to a
green energy economy is front and center in any comprehensive economic stimulus
package. Climate Mayors are ready to partner immediately on accelerated climate
solutions here in the U.S. and abroad. The future of our economy, our public
health, and our world depend on it.”
Here in Kingston, we have continued to
move our local climate initiatives forward. This month, the City of Kingston
launched the Climate Action Plan 2030, which will serve as a blueprint to
implementing greenhouse gas emissions and other climate adaptive efforts. I
encourage the community to get involved in the Climate Action Plan process by
visiting Engage Kingston
and taking a brief survey which will help us set the plan’s priorities based on
community feedback. We know that enacting significant change must take place on
the global, national and local levels, and I am dedicated to furthering
Kingston’s environmental stewardship each and every day.
Read more at: https://climatemayors.org/climate-mayors-statement-on-rejoining-paris-agreement/