Mayors from across the U.S. expressed dissatisfaction with the federal government’s decision to withdraw from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Mayor Lauren Mclean of Boise, chair of Climate Mayors, issued a statement about the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from UNFCCC. Mclean stated that “the American people will pay the price for this shortsighted decision that turns back the clock on more than three decades of U.S. climate leadership.”
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is a global plan that countries use to fight climate change while reducing pollution and building healthy communities.
Climate Change Mayors is a 300-member bipartisan group of local leaders that are committed to “climate progress.” The group started in 2014 and represents roughly 55 million people in 46 states within the USA.
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