The Mayors Climate Protection Center, founded in 2007 as a subgroup of the
U.S. Conference of Mayors, is dedicated to providing mayors with "the guidance and assistance they need to lead their cities’ efforts to reduce the
greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect. This contributes to climate change. Carbon dioxide (), from burning fossil fuels such as coal, petroleum, oil, and natural gas, is the main cause of climate chan ...
that are linked to climate change."
The initiative was promoted by
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...
mayor
Greg Nickels
Gregory James Nickels (born August 7, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Seattle, Washington. He took office on January 1, 2002, and was reelected to a second term in 2005. In August 2009, Nickels finished third in t ...
.
Douglas Palmer
Douglas Harold Palmer (born October 19, 1951) is a former politician who was the first African-American mayor of Trenton, New Jersey.
Biography
Palmer was born in Trenton and attended Trenton public schools. He then graduated from the Bord ...
, Mayor of
Trenton, said that the Conference of Mayors had, for decades "...formally adopted and actively promoted policy positions on a range of issues affecting energy production and use and its impact on the environment."
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Climate Protection Agreement
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the cou ...
Mayor Greg Nickels
Gregory James Nickels (born August 7, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 51st mayor of Seattle, Washington. He took office on January 1, 2002, and was reelected to a second term in 2005. In August 2009, Nickels finished third in t ...
began the "U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement" in 2005 that seeks the pledges of mayors from all 50 states to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2% from 1990 levels by the year 2012, in line with the Kyoto Protocol
The was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that global warming is oc ...
.
Many mayors have joined the agreement since its announcement:
* By July 2007, 600 mayors had signed the agreement.
* By October 2009, 1,000 mayors representing over 86 million residents signed the agreement.
Footnotes
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External links
List of participating mayors
Organizations established in 2007