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RESOLUTION NO. 5266 <br />A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT <br />TO PASS A GREEN NEW DEAL. <br />The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: <br />A. An October 2018 United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change <br />(IPCC) report says we have only until 2030, to limit devastating global warming and avoid a <br />climate change catastrophe. <br />B. The October 2018 IPCC report also makes clear that every bit of warming <br />matters, so every fraction of a degree less of warming will save lives and pay dividends across <br />the world's economies. <br />C. The world is already experiencing serious, costly, and increasing impacts from <br />climate change, including more intense storms, unprecedented flooding and persistent <br />wildfires. <br />D. An inadequate response to climate change will increase economic and <br />environmental disruptions. These include, but are not limited to: severe storms, longer and <br />hotter heat waves, worsening flood and drought cycles, growing invasive species and insect <br />problems, accelerated species extinction rates, rising sea levels, increased wildfires, and a <br />dramatic increase in refugees from climate impacted lands. <br />E. The most negative impacts of climate change are generally falling on frontline <br />communities. Frontline communities that are underrepresented, such as lower-income <br />communities or communities of color, are bearing the initial burden of climate change, but are <br />least equipped to adapt to these impacts. <br />F. Doing what is now necessary to adequately address the climate crisis requires a <br />national mobilization of a scope and scale that is a historic opportunity to address inequities <br />caused and exacerbated by the fossil fuel economy as well as virtually eliminating poverty in <br />the United States. <br />G. Federal Green New Deal legislation would create a detailed mobilization plan <br />intended to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, invest in communities on the <br />frontlines of poverty and pollution, and guarantee a good job to anyone ready to make this <br />happen. <br />H. Local governments calling for the federal government to pass a Green New Deal <br />will demonstrate widespread popular support for necessary and just climate action. <br />Resolution -- Page 1 of 3 <br />