Mayor Garcetti today announced that the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda, an organization he co-founded in September of 2014, has called on President Obama to fight for the strongest possible climate agreement at the upcoming 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris. The Mayors are also urging federal action to establish binding national greenhouse gas emissions reductions in the United States.
The nationwide coalition of mayors also announced that 27 mayors from across the country have signed on to support the President and the U.S. delegation in Paris in pushing for strong action on climate change.
This announcement comes alongside Pope Francis’ recent encyclical, “On Care for our Common Home” which calls for swift action in addressing climate change.
“Pope Francis’ encyclical underscores how we must move beyond treating climate change as a political issue and approach it as a human one,” said Mayor Garcetti. “Like the Sustainable City Plan we have introduced locally here in Los Angeles, the UN climate change conference in Paris presents an opportunity to shape our planet’s future on a global scale for decades to come. That is why I am proud that today, two dozen mayors joined with me, Mayor Parker, and Mayor Nutter through our Mayors’ National Climate Action Agenda to call on President Obama to push for the strongest possible agreement in Paris.” (Full Story at LA Mayor)
