US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement
As of February 2008, 800 mayors from across the United States had signed the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.
Under the Agreement, participating cities commit to take 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
Learn more at the US Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Center and Sign the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement
