279 Climate Mayors across the United States now committed to adopting the Paris agreement goals in their cities

LOS ANGELES — In the week since the President pulled the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement, 279 Climate Mayors — a peer-to-peer network Mayor Garcetti co-founded in 2014 — have pledged to adopt, honor, and uphold the Paris Agreement goals in their cities.

When the President announced the withdrawal on June 1, 61 Climate Mayors spoke up together in support of the agreement. One week later, the number of Climate Mayors more than quadrupled in size, representing nearly one in five Americans.

Mayor Garcetti and the Climate Mayors responded forcefully to the Administration’s decision to leave the Paris Agreement last week, each making a strong commitment to uphold its standards in their own cities.

“Last week, Democratic and Republican mayors from cities across America came together to say ‘Enough’ — we will not let the future of our world be jeopardized by inaction at the very top,” said Mayor Garcetti. “Now, mayors from every corner of our nation are joining the call to action, and uniting to carry the fight against climate change forward in our cities.”

The Climate Mayors now include nine of the 10 largest cities in America — New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Dallas, and San Jose — along with hundreds of additional cities large and small, from Boston to Knoxville to the City of Miami, in both red and blue states. In all, the 279 Climate Mayors now represent 59 million Americans from 42 states.

“This is a top priority for the people of Boston and the American people,” said Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh. “We see the impacts of climate change every day in the streets and homes of our cities — the extreme heat, flooding, and increasing health issues. It’s our responsibility to act, and I’m proud to stand among the growing number of Climate Mayors fighting for our residents.”

“We believe that The City of Miami is ground zero for climate change and sea level rise,” said Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado. “Now, more than ever, we are undeterred and will vigorously pursue our commitment to this fight. This is not just about ‘the here and now,’ but for generations to come.”

“Protecting the climate is not a choice between our environment and our economy,” said Knoxville Mayor Madeline Rogero. “As we have shown in Knoxville, we can strengthen both while making Knoxville a better community. No matter the attitude of the president, we will continue to advance our local values by upholding the principles and commitment of the Paris Agreement.”

In Los Angeles, Mayor Garcetti has led the effort to make L.A. the most sustainable city in America. In April 2015, he introduced the city’s first ever Sustainable City pLAn, a comprehensive roadmap that lays out measurable long-term goals for efforts like conserving water, creating green jobs, expanding the use of electric vehicles, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 45% below 1990 levels by 2025, and 80% by 2050. The City is on track to meet 90% of the pLAn’s 2017 goals.

You can see the text, map of and full list of signatories to the Climate Mayors commitment to adopt the Paris Agreement goals. To learn more about Climate Mayors, visit www.climate-mayors.org.You can also engage with Climate Mayors on FacebookTwitter and Medium.

Mayor Garcetti is the co-founder of the Climate Mayors (also known as the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda, or MNCAA), a network of 289 U.S. cities representing more than 62 million Americans — working together to strengthen local efforts for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supporting efforts for binding federal and global-level policymaking. Earlier this year, Mayor Garcetti led the release of an EV RFI with 30 MNCAA cities to demonstrate potential demand for over 114,000 electric vehicles, trucks, and equipment for cities. Mayor Garcetti is also Vice Chair of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, an international network of the world’s megacities taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and he has signed the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.

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Think of the Paris climate accord as a delicate scale. Every nation works to meet carefully co-determined carbon cuts, holding one another accountable towards the utterly un-simple goal of limiting catastrophic global warming. By withdrawing the U.S., President Trump has lifted a critical weight from one end of this scale. How and whether it can right itself is an open question.

468 US Climate Mayors commit to adopt, honor and uphold Paris Climate Agreement goals

STATEMENT FROM THE CLIMATE MAYORS IN RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT TRUMP’S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT

The President’s denial of global warming is getting a cold reception from America’s cities.

As 466 US Mayors representing 74 million Americans, we will adopt, honor, and uphold the commitments to the goals enshrined in the Paris Agreement. We will intensify efforts to meet each of our cities’ current climate goals, push for new action to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius target, and work together to create a 21st century clean energy economy.

We will continue to lead. We are increasing investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. We will buy and create more demand for electric cars and trucks. We will increase our efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, create a clean energy economy, and stand for environmental justice. And if the President wants to break the promises made to our allies enshrined in the historic Paris Agreement, we’ll build and strengthen relationships around the world to protect the planet from devastating climate risks.

The world cannot wait — and neither will we.

Signed,

Mayor Trish Herrera Spencer
City of Alameda, CA

Mayor Peggy McQuaid
City of Albany, CA

Mayor Sharon Konopa
City of Albany, OR

Mayor Kathy Sheehan
City of Albany, NY

Mayor Tim Keller
City of Albuquerque, NM

Mayor Justin Wilson
City of Alexandria, VA

Mayor Ray O’Connell
City of Allentown, PA

Mayor Jeanne Sorg
City of Ambler, PA

Mayor Gary Goosman
City of Amesville, OH

Mayor Gavin Buckley
City of Annapolis, MD

Mayor Terence Roberts
City of Anderson, SC

Mayor Christopher Taylor
City of Ann Arbor, MI

Mayor Van W Johnson
City of Apalachicola, FL

Mayor Michael Winkler
City of Arcata, CA

Mayor Nancy Kaboolian
City of Ardsley, NY

Mayor Jose Gurrola, Jr.
City of Arvin, CA

Mayor Esther Manheimer
City of Asheville, NC

Mayor Torre
City of Aspen, CO

Mayor Steve Patterson
City of Athens, OH

Mayor Keisha Bottoms
City of Atlanta, GA

Mayor Steve Adler
City of Austin, TX

Mayor Bernard Young
City of Baltimore, MD

Mayor Gordon Ringberg
City of Bayfield, WI

Mayor Lee Kyriacou
Beacon, NY

Mayor Denny Dole
City of Beaverton, OR

Mayor Ned Burns
City of Bellevue, ID

Mayor Kelli Linville
City of Bellingham, WA

Mayor Charles Stone
City of Belmont, CA

Mayor Jesse Arreguin
City of Berkeley, CA

Mayor Robert Donchez
City of Bethlehem, PA

Mayor Michael P Cahill
City of Beverly, MA

Mayor Lili Bosse
City of Beverly Hills, CA

Mayor Ben Kessler
City of Bexley, OH

Mayor Richard David
City of Binghamton, NY

Mayor Randall Woodfin
City of Birmingham, AL

Mayor David Smith
City of Bisbee, AZ

Mayor Leslie Hager-Smith
City of Blacksburg, VA

Mayor Tari Ranner
City of Bloomington, IL

Mayor John Hamilton
City of Bloomington, IN

Mayor Gene Winstead
City of Bloomington, MN

Mayor Lauren McLean
City of Boise, ID

Mayor Martin J Walsh
City of Boston, MA

Mayor Sam Weaver
City of Boulder, CO

Mayor Tim Adams
City of Bowie, MD

Mayor Steven Grant
City of Boynton Beach, FL

Mayor Chris Mehl
City of Bozeman, MT

Mayor Eric Mamula
City of Breckenridge, CO

Mayor Joseph Ganim
City of Bridgeport, CT

Mayor William Moehle
City of Brighton, NY

Mayor Terry O’Connell
City of Brisbane, CA

Mayor Patricia Moore
City of Buchanan, MI

Mayor Byron Brown
City of Buffalo, NY

Mayor Emily Beach
City of Burlingame, CA

Mayor Miro Weinberger
City of Burlington, VT

Mayor Elizabeth Kautz
City of Burnsville, MN

Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui
City of Cambridge, MA

Mayor Edwin Garcia
City of Camuy, PR

Mayor Robert Hoog
City of Cape Canaveral, FL

Mayor Robert Moffatt
City of Cape May Point, NJ

Mayor Jim Brainard
City of Carmel, IN

Mayor Lydia Lavelle
City of Carrboro, NC

Mayor Albert Robles
City of Carson, CA

Mayor Courtney Johnson
City of Carver, MN

Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen
City of Champaign, IL

Mayor Pam Hemminger
City of Chapel Hill, NC

Mayor Bob Trainor
City of Charles Town, WV

Mayor John Tecklenburg
City of Charleston, SC

Mayor Vi Lyles
City of Charlotte, NC

Mayor Mike Signer
City of Charlottesville, VA

Mayor Andy Berke
City of Chattanooga, TN

Mayor Chuck Cahn
City of Cherry Hill, NJ

Mayor Lori Lightfoot
City of Chicago, IL

Mayor Mary Casillas Salas
City of Chula Vista, CA

Mayor John Cranley
City of Cincinnati, OH

Mayor Larry Schroeder
City of Claremont, CA

Mayor Charlene Lovett
City of Claremont, NH

Mayor Ted Terry
City of Clarkston, GA

Mayor George Cretekos
City of Clearwater, FL

Mayor Frank Jackson
City of Cleveland, OH

Mayor Louis Sarbone
City of Coconut Creek, FL

Mayor Patrick L. Wojahn
College Park, MD

Mayor Brian Treece
City of Columbia, MO

Mayor Stephen Benjamin
City of Columbia, SC

Mayor Andrew Ginther
City of Columbus, OH

Mayor Jim Bouley
City of Concord, NH

Mayor Yaniv Aronson
City of Conshohocken, PA

Mayor Ellen Tilapaugh
City of Cooperstown, NY

Mayor Raul Valdes-Fauli
City of Coral Gables, FL

Mayor James Andrews
City of Corte Madera, CA

Mayor Brian Tobin
City of Cortland, NY

Mayor Biff Traber
City of Corvallis, OR

Mayor John Moore
City of Cotati, CA

Mayor Dave Bauer
City of Crete, NE

Mayor Thomas Moore
Culver City, CA

Mayor Steven Scharf
City of Cupertino, CA

Mayor Tim Meerbott
City of Cutler Bay, FL

Mayor Eric Johnson
City of Dallas, TX

Mayor Ray Buenaventura
Daly City, CA

Mayor Brett Lee
City of Davis, CA

Mayor Nan Whaley
City of Dayton, OH

Mayor Jerry Smith
City of DeKalb, IL

Mayor Shelly Petrolia
City of Delray Beach, FL

Mayor Michael Hancock
City of Denver, CO

Mayor Franklin Cownie
City of Des Moines, IA

Mayor Mike Duggan
City of Detroit, MI

Mayor Vincnet Rossillo
Village of Dobbs Ferry, NY

Mayor Robert Carrier
City of Dover, NH

Mayor Josh Maxwell
City of Downingtown, PA

Mayor David Haubert
City of Dublin, CA

Mayor Roy D Buol
City of Dubuque, IA

Mayor Emily Larson
City of Duluth, MN

Mayor Julie Ward Bujalski
Town of Dunedin, FL

Mayor Jason Cilento
City of Dunellen, NJ

Mayor Edmond P. Minihan
City of Dunn, WI

Mayor Nickole Nesby
City of Duquesne, PA

Mayor Steve Schewel
City of Durham, NC

Mayor Brad Cohen
City of East Brunswick, NJ

Mayor Mark Meadows
City of East Lansing, MI

Mayor Ron Case
City of Eden Prairie, MN

Mayor Laura Keegan
City of Edgewater, CO

Mayor Jim Hovland
City of Edina, MN

Mayor Dave Earling
City of Edmonds, WA

Mayor Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto
City of El Cerrito, CA

Mayor André Quintero
City of El Monte, CA

Mayor Jeff Walter
City of Elburn, IL

Mayor David Kaptain
City of Elgin, IL

Mayor Christian Patz
City of Emeryville, CA

Mayor Catherine Blakespear
City of Encinitas, CA

Mayor Michael Wildes
City of Englewood, NJ

Mayor Joe Schember
City of Erie, PA

Mayor Lucy Vinis
City of Eugene, OR

Mayor Stephen Hagerty
City of Evanston, IL

Mayor Lloyd Winnecke
City of Evansville, IN

Mayor Cassie Franklin
City of Everett, WA

Mayor Bryce Ward
City of Fairbanks North Star Borough, AK

Mayor David Meyer
City of Fairfax, VA

Mayor Edward Malloy
City of Fairfield, IA

Mayor Randy Gustafson
City of Falcon Heights, MN

Mayor David Tarter
City of Falls Church, VA

Mayor Colleen Mahr
City of Fanwood, NJ

Mayor Lioneld Jordan
City of Fayetteville, AR

Mayor Melanie Piana
City of Ferndale, MI

Mayor Coral Evans
City of Flagstaff, AZ

Mayor Sheldon Neeley
City of Flint, MI

Mayor Lindy Peters
City of Fort Bragg, CA

Mayor Wade Troxell
City of Fort Collins, CO

Mayor Dean Trantalis
City of Fort Lauderdale, FL

Mayor Tom Henry
City of Fort Wayne, IN

Mayor Yvonne M. Spicer
City of Framingham, MA

Mayor Bob Scott
City of Franklin, NC

Mayor Lily Mei
City of Fremont, CA

Mayor Gary Wilkinson
City of Frisco, CO

Mayor Lauren Poe
City of Gainesville, FL

Mayor Leeman Kessler
City of Gambier, OH

Mayor Sara Todisco
City of Garwood, NJ

Mayor Jerome Prince
City of Gary, IN

Mayor Tammy Stempel
City of Gladstone, OR

Mayor Bruce Packer
City of Glen Rock, NJ

Mayor Bryan Kennedy
City of Glendale, WI

Mayor Vartan Gharpetian
City of Glendale, CA

Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken
City of Gloucester, MA

Mayor Laura Weinberg
City of Golden, CO

Mayor Paula Perotte
City of Goleta, CA

Mayor Rosalynn Bliss
City of Grand Rapids, MI

Mayor Emmett Jordan
City of Greenbelt, MD

Mayor Nancy Vaughan
City of Greensboro, NC

Mayor Knox White
City of Greenville, SC

Mayor Karylinn Echols
City of Gresham, OR

Mayor Samuel Henderson
City of Gulfport, FL

Mayor Harvey Rarback
City of Half Moon Bay, CA

Mayor Joy Cooper
City of Hallandale Beach, FL

Mayor Curt Leng
City of Hamden, CT

Mayor Karen Majewski
City of Hamtramck, MI

Mayor Luke Bronin
City of Hartford, CT

Mayor Nicola Armacost
City of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY

Mayor Harry Kim
City of Hawai’i , HI

Mayor Barbara Halliday
City of Hayward, CA

Mayor Shaun McCaffery
City of Healdsburg, CA

Mayor Kevin Smith
City of Helena-West Helena, AR

Mayor Gayle Brill Mittler
City of Highland Park, NJ

Mayor Nancy Rotering
City of Highland Park, IL

Mayor Patrick Taylor
City of Highlands, NC

Mayor Tom Stevens
City of Hillsborough, NC

Mayor Ravinder Bhalla
City of Hoboken, NJ

Mayor William McCleod
City of Hoffman Estates, IL

Mayor Josh Levy
City of Hollywood, FL

Mayor Alex Morse
City of Holyoke, MA

Mayor Kirk Caldwell
City of Honolulu, HI

Mayor Paul Blackburn
City of Hood River, OR

Mayor Sylvester Turner
City of Houston, TX

Mayor Rick Rector
City of Hudson, NY

Mayor Bob Paul
City of Huntington Woods, MI

Mayor Rey Leon
City of Huron, CA

Mayor Candace Hollingsworth
City of Hyattsville, MD

Mayor Serge Dedina
City of Imperial Beach, CA

Mayor Joseph Hogsett
City of Indianapolis, IN

Mayor Jim Throgmorton
City of Iowa City, IA

Mayor Brian C. Smith
City of Irvington, NY

Mayor Svante Myrick
City of Ithaca, NY

Mayor Derek Dobies
City of Jackson, MI

Mayor Chokwe Lumumba
City of Jackson, MS

Mayor Pete Muldoon
City of Jackson, WY

Mayor Steven Fulop
City of Jersey City, NJ

Mayor David Anderson
City of Kalamazoo, MI

Mayor Quinton Lucas
City of Kansas City, MO

Mayor Derek Kawakami
City of Kauai, HI

Mayor Kendall Lane
City of Keene, NH

Mayor John Antaramian
City of Kenosha, WI

Mayor Neil Bradshaw
City of Ketchum, ID

Mayor Steven Noble
City of Kingston, NY

Mayor Penny Sweet
City of Kirkland, WA

Mayor Jose Alvarez
City of Kissimmee, FL

Mayor Indya Kincannon
City of Knoxville, TN

Mayor Andrew Hosmer
City of Laconia, NH

Mayor Tim Kabat
City of La Crosse, WI

Mayor Alexandra Lynch
City of Lafayette, CO

Mayor Cynthia Conners
City of Laguna Woods, CA

Mayor Michael Summers
City of Lakewood, OH

Mayor Adam Paul
City of Lakewood, CO

Mayor Danene Sorace
City of Lancaster, PA

Mayor Jason Resseman
City of Lanesboro, MN

Mayor Andy Schor
City of Lansing, MI

Mayor William Sprague
City of Lapeer, MI

Mayor Ken Miyagishima
City of Las Cruces, NM

Mayor Richard J Kaplan
City of Lauderhill, FL

Mayor Craig Moe
City of Laurel, MD

Mayor Lisa Larsen
City of Lawrence, KS

Mayor Timothy McNamara
City of Lebanon, NH

Mayor Theodore W Becker
City of Lewes, DE

Mayor Mark Stodola
City of Little Rock, AR

Mayor Robert Garcia
City of Long Beach, CA

Mayor John Pallone
City of Long Branch, NJ

Mayor Brian Bagley
City of Longmont, CO

Mayor Lynette Eng
City of Los Altos, CA

Mayor Roger Spreen
City of Los Altos Hills, CA

Mayor Eric Garcetti
City of Los Angeles, CA

Mayor Marcia Jensen
City of Los Gatos, CA

Mayor Greg Fischer
City of Louisville, KY

Mayor Nicola Smith
City of Lynnwood, WA

Mayor Robert Reichert
City of Macon-Bibb County, GA

Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway
City of Madison, WI

Mayor Gary Christenson
City of Malden, MA

Mayor Karen Farrer
City of Malibu, CA

Mayor Joyce Craig
City of Manchester, NH

Mayor Richard Montgomery
City of Manhattan Beach, CA

Mayor Jen Jaray
City of Manitou Springs, CO

Mayor Dr. Larry Wallace, Jr.
City of Manor, TX

Mayor Marylee Abrams
City of Maplewood, MN

Mayor Barry Greenberg
City of Maplewood, MO

Mayor Rich Parete
City of Marbletown, NY

Mayor Jonathan Hornik
City of Marlboro, NJ

Mayor Rob Schroder
City of Martinez, CA

Mayor Michael Victorino
City of Maui, HI

Mayor Stephanie M Burke
City of Medford, MA

Mayor Paul Brodeur
City of Melrose, MA

Mayor Jim Strickland
City of Memphis, TN

Mayor Ray Mueller
City of Menlo Park, CA

Mayor Francis Suarez
City of Miami, FL

Mayor Dan Gelber
City of Miami Beach, FL

Mayor Gurdip Brar
City of Middleton, WI

Mayor Benjamin Florsheim
City of Middletown, CT

Mayor Sean Strub
City of Milford, PA

Mayor Benjamin G Blake
City of Milford, CT

Mayor Wayne Lee
City of Millbrae, CA

Mayor Jeff Silvestrini
City of Millcreek, UT

Mayor Tom Barrett
City of Milwaukee, WI

Mayor Mark Gamba
City of Milwaukie, OR

Mayor Jacob Frey
City of Minneapolis, MN

Mayor Wayne Messam
City of Miramar, FL

Mayor John Engen
City of Missoula, MT

Mayor Emily Niehaus
Moab, UT

Mayor Mary O’Connor
City of Monona, WI

Mayor Matt Brolley
City of Montgomery, IL

Mayor Anne Watson
City of Montpelier, VT

Mayor Miles Atkins
City of Mooresville, NC

Mayor Bill Kawecki
City of Morgantown, WV

Mayor Timothy Dougherty
City of Morristown, NJ

Mayor John Headding
City of Morro Bay, CA

Mayor Arlene Burns
City of Mosier, OR

Mayor Michael Penn
City of Mount Pocono, PA

Mayor Lisa Matichak
City of Mountain View, CA

Mayor Jennifer Gregerson
City of Mukilteo, WA

Mayor Jill Techel
City of Napa, CA

Mayor Jim Donchess
City of Nashua, NH

Mayor John Cooper
City of Nashville, TN

Mayor Alejandra Sotelo-Solis
City of National City, CA

Mayor Kristopher Larsen
City of Nederland, CO

Mayor Jerry Clifton
City of Newark, DE

Mayor Jon Mitchell
City of New Bedford, MA

Mayor Justin Elicker
City of New Haven, CT

Mayor LaToya Cantrell
City of New Orleans, LA

Mayor Tim Rogers
City of New Paltz, NY

Mayor Bill de Blasio
New York City, NY

Mayor Ras Baraka
City of Newark, NJ

Mayor Donna Holaday
City of Newburyport, MA

Mayor McKinley Price
City of Newport News, VA

Mayor Ruthanne Fuller
City of Newton, MA

Mayor Paul Dyster
City of Niagara Falls, NY

Mayor Chris Koos
City of Normal, IL

Mayor Breea Clark
City of Norman, OK

Mayor Brent Latham
City of North Bay Village, FL

Mayor Francis M Womack
City of North Brunswick, NJ

Mayor Meredith Leighty
City of Northglenn, CO

Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime
City of North Miami, FL

Mayor David J Narkewicz
City of Northampton, MA

Mayor Don Hammond
City of Nyack, NY

Mayor Libby Schaaf
City of Oakland, CA

Mayor Johnny Johnston
City of Ojai, CA

Mayor Cheryl Selby
City of Olympia, WA

Mayor Buddy Dyer
City of Orlando, FL

Mayor Victoria Gearity
City of Ossining, NY

Mayor Eric Filseth
City of Palo Alto, CA

Mayor Andy Beerman
City of Park City, UT

Mayor Donald Grebien
City of Pawtucket, RI

Mayor Frank C. Ortis
City of Pembroke Pines, FL

Mayor Teresa Barrett
City of Petaluma, CA

Mayor Jim Kenney
City of Philadelphia, PA

Mayor Kate Gallego
City of Phoenix, AZ

Mayor Joseph M. Corradino
City of Pinecrest, FL

Mayor Cindy S Perry
City of Pittsboro, NC

Mayor Jeremy Johnson
City of Pittsburg, KS

Mayor William Peduto
City of Pittsburgh, PA

Mayor Linda Tyer
City of Pittsfield, MA

Mayor Peter Cantu
City of Plainsboro, NJ

Mayor Kurt R Metzger
City of Pleasant Ridge, MI

Mayor Rex Hardin
City of Pompano Beach, FL

Mayor Deborah Stinson
City of Port Townsend, WA

Mayor Ethan Strimling
City of Portland, ME

Mayor Ted Wheeler
City of Portland, OR

Mayor Jack Blalock
City of Portsmouth, NH

Mayor Eric Mikkelson
City of Prairie Village, KS

Mayor Liz Lempert
City of Princeton, NJ

Mayor Jorge O. Elorza
City of Providence, RI

Mayor Cory Mason
City of Racine, WI

Mayor Nancy McFarlane
City of Raleigh, NC

Mayor Donald Terry
City of Rancho Cordova, CA

Mayor John Marchione
City of Redmond, WA

Mayor Ian Bain
City of Redwood City, CA

Mayor Paul Kuhns
City of Rehoboth Beach, DE

Mayor Hillary Schieve
City of Reno, NV

Mayor Tom Butt
City of Richmond, CA

Mayor Levar Stoney
City of Richmond, VA

Mayor Kim Norton
Rochester, MN

Mayor Lovely Warren
City of Rochester, NY

Mayor Caroline McCarley
City of Rochester, NH

Mayor Bryan Barnett
City of Rochester Hills, MI

Mayor Joanne Aagaard
City of Rockaway Beach, OR

Mayor Thomas McNamara
City of Rockford, IL

Mayor Daniel Guzzi
City of Rockwood, MI

Mayor Gina Belforte
City of Rohnert Park, CA

Mayor Mike Fournier
City of Royal Oak, MI

Mayor Darrell Steinberg
City of Sacramento, CA

Mayor Geoff Ellsworth
City of Saint Helena, CA

Mayor Melvin Carter
City of Saint Paul, MN

Mayor Kim Driscoll
City of Salem, MA

Mayor Chuck Bennett
City of Salem, OR

Mayor Jacob Day
City of Salisbury, MD

Mayor Erin Mendenhall
Salt Lake City, UT

Mayor Ron Nirenberg
City of San Antonio, TX

Mayor Mark Olbert
City of San Carlos, CA

Mayor Kevin Faulconer
City of San Diego, CA

Mayor Joel Fajardo
City of San Fernando, CA

Mayor London Breed
City of San Francisco, CA

Mayor Sam Liccardo
City of San Jose, CA

Mayor Pauline Cutter
City of San Leandro, CA

Mayor Heidi Harmon
City of San Luis Obispo, CA

Mayor John Thomaides
City of San Marcos, TX

Mayor Diane Papan
City of San Mateo, CA

Mayor Gary Phillips
City of San Rafael, CA

Mayor Miguel Pulido
City of Santa Ana, CA

Mayor Cathy Murillo
City of Santa Barbara, CA

Mayor Lisa M. Gillmor
City of Santa Clara, CA

Mayor Justin Cummings
City of Santa Cruz, CA

Mayor Javier M. Gonzales
City of Santa Fe, NM

Mayor Kevin McKeown
City of Santa Monica, CA

Mayor Tom Schwedhelm
City of Santa Rosa, CA

Mayor Jen Ahearn-Koch
City of Sarasota, FL

Mayor Meg Kelly
City of Saratoga Springs, NY

Mayor Frank P. Catino
City of Satellite Beach, FL

Mayor Chris Lain
City of Savanna, IL

Mayor Van R. Johnson
City of Savannah, GA

Mayor Jenny Durkan
City of Seattle, WA

Mayor Paige Cognetti
City of Scranton, PA

Mayor Michael J. Gonnelli
City of Secaucus, NJ

Mayor George Van Dusen
City of Skokie, IL

Mayor Ken Wray
City of Sleepy Hollow, NY

Mayor Scott A. Saunders
City of Smithville, TX

Mayor Matt Larson
City of Snoqualmie, WA

Mayor Dana Hilliard
City of Somersworth, NH

Mayor Joe Curtatone
City of Somerville, MA

Mayor Amy Harrington
City of Sonoma, CA

Mayor Pete Buttigieg
City of South Bend, IN

Mayor Sally Philips
City of South Miami, FL

Mayor Sheena Collum
City of South Orange Village, NJ

Mayor Claude Morgan
City of South Portland, ME

Mayor Domenic J. Sarno
City of Springfield, MA

Mayor Lyda Krewson
City of St Louis, MO

Mayor Jake Spano
City of St Louis Park, MN

Mayor Len Pagano
City of St Peters, MO

Mayor Rick Kriseman
City of St Petersburg, FL

Mayor Bill McMurray
City of St. Joseph, MO

Mayor David Martin
City of Stamford, CT

Mayor Ronald Filippelli
City of State College, PA

Mayor Constantine Kutteh
City of Statesville, NC

Mayor Michael Tubbs
City of Stockton, CA

Mayor Larry Klein
City of Sunnyvale, CA

Mayor Michael J. Ryan
City of Sunrise, FL

Mayor Daniel E. Dietch
City of Surfside, FL

Mayor Marty Spiegel
City of Swarthmore, PA

Mayor Thomas Fromm
City of Swedesboro, NJ

Mayor Ben Walsh
City of Syracuse, NY

Mayor Victoria Woodards
City of Tacoma, WA

Mayor Kate Stewart
City of Takoma Park, MD

Mayor John Dailey
City of Tallahassee, FL

Mayor Jane Castor
City of Tampa, FL

Mayor Drew Fixell
City of Tarrytown, NY

Mayor DeLanie Young
City of Telluride, CO

Mayor Corey Woods
City of Tempe, AZ

Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz
City of Toledo, OH

Mayor Patrick J. Furey
City of Torrance, CA

Mayor Jim Carruthers
City of Traverse City, MI

Mayor Reed Gusciora
City of Trenton, NJ

Mayor Frank Bubenik
City of Tualatin, OR

Mayor Regina Romero
City of Tucson, AZ

Mayor Brian Stack
City of Union City, NJ

Mayor Terry Crow
City of University City, MO

Mayor Diane W. Marlin
City of Urbana, IL

Mayor Dave Chapin
City of Vail, CO

Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle
City of Vancouver, WA

Mayor John Holic
City of Venice, FL

Mayor Matt Levere
City of Ventura, CA

Mayor Jack McEvoy
Township of Verona, NJ

Mayor Luke Diaz
City of Verona, WI

Mayor Robert Blais
Village of Lake George, NY

Mayor Muriel Bowser
City of Washington, D.C.

Mayor Rebecca J. Garcia
City of Watsonville, CA

Mayor Sam Cunningham
City of Waukegan, IL

Mayor Dianne Herrin
City of West Chester, PA

Mayor Michelle W. Brindle
City of Westfield, NJ

Mayor Shari G. Cantor
City of West Hartford, CT

Mayor Nancy Rossi
City of West Haven, CT

Mayor Lindsey P. Horvath
City of West Hollywood, CA

Mayor John Dennis
City of West Lafayette, IN

Mayor Russ Axelrod
City of West Linn, OR

Mayor Felix E. Roque
City of West New York, NJ

Mayor Keith James
City of West Palm Beach, FL

Mayor Christopher Cabaldon
City of West Sacramento, CA

Mayor Daniel Corona
City of West Wendover, NV

Mayor William R. Wild
City of Westland, MI

Mayor Herb Atchison
City of Westminster, CO

Mayor Daniel J. Stermer
City of Weston, FL

Mayor Bud Starker
City of Wheat Ridge , CO

Mayor Thomas M. Roach
City of White Plains, NY

Mayor John Muhlfeld
City of Whitefish, MT

Mayor Ryan Reynolds
City of Whitney Point, NY

Mayor Bob Bielinski
City of Wilmette, IL

Mayor Dominic Foppoli
City of Windsor, CA

Mayor Dave Burgess
City of Windsor Heights, IA

Mayor Allen Joines
City of Winston Salem, NC

Mayor Xóchitl Rodríguez
City of Woodland, CA

Mayor Daniel Yost
City of Woodside, CA

Mayor Brian Sager
City of Woodstock, IL

Mayor Joseph M. Petty
City of Worcester, MA

Mayor Mike Spano
City of Yonkers, NY

Mayor Jamael Tito Brown
City of Youngstown, OH

Mayor Lois Richardson
City of Ypsilanti, MI

The statement was originally released on June 1, 2017 with 61 signatories. Updated signatories as of 3:00 pm PT on November 27, 2019.

Mayor Garcetti leads ‘Climate Mayors’ to oppose U.S. withdrawal from Paris Agreement

LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today led a coalition of mayors across the United States in denouncing President Trump’s decision to walk away from the Paris Climate Agreement.

“Climate change is a fact of life that people in Los Angeles and cities around the world live with every day. It is a grave threat to our health, our environment, and our economy — and it is not debatable or negotiable,” said Mayor Garcetti. “This is an urgent challenge, and it’s much bigger than one person. With the President pulling out of the Paris Climate Agreement, L.A. will lead by committing to the goals of the accord — and will work closely with cities across America and the world to do the same.”

On Wednesday, Mayor Garcetti worked with Los Angeles City Councilmember Mike Bonin to have a City Council motion introduced instructing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and other City Departments, to adopt the principles of the Paris Climate Agreement as the policy of the City of Los Angeles. Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Paul Koretz and Paul Krekorian joined in the motion.

The Mayor is a co-founder of the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda (“Climate Mayors”), which today issued the following statement signed by Mayor Garcetti and 60 other mayors of cities from coast to coast:

“The President’s denial of global warming is getting a cold reception from America’s cities.

As 61 Mayors representing 36 million Americans, we will adopt, honor, and uphold the commitments to the goals enshrined in the Paris Agreement. We will intensify efforts to meet each of our cities’ current climate goals, push for new action to meet the 1.5 degrees Celsius target, and work together to create the 21st century clean energy economy.

We will continue to lead. We are increasing investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency. We will buy and create more demand for electric cars and trucks. We will increase our efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions, create a clean energy economy, and stand for environmental justice. And if the President wants to break the promises made to our allies enshrined in the historic Paris Agreement, we’ll build and strengthen relationships around the world to protect the planet from devastating climate risks.

The world cannot wait — and neither will we.”

Mayor Garcetti is the co-founder of the Climate Mayors (also known as the Mayors National Climate Action Agenda, or MNCAA), a network of 88 U.S. cities representing more than 43 million Americans — working together to strengthen local efforts for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and supporting efforts for binding federal and global-level policymaking. Earlier this year, Mayor Garcetti led the release of an EV RFI with 30 MNCAA cities to demonstrate potential demand for over 114,000 electric vehicles, trucks, and equipment for cities. Mayor Garcetti is also Vice Chair of the C40 Cities ClimateLeadership Group, an international network of the world’s megacities taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and he has signed the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy.

In March, the Mayor released the second annual progress report on his Sustainable City pLAn, which sets Los Angeles’ greenhouse gas emission reduction targets at 45% below 1990 levels by 2025, 65% by 2035, and 80% by 2050. Of the pLAn’s 2017 goals, over 90 percent are on track to be completed this year.

  • Creating more than 20,000 green jobs while reducing the gap between the City and County’s unemployment rates, demonstrating that sustainability and prosperity go hand-in-hand

  • Achieving a record 20 percent reduction in water use per capita, making L.A. the most water efficient big city in America — since 2014, L.A. has reduced enough water to fill over 90,000 Olympic swimming pools

  • Installing enough solar in the last year to power over 12,000 homes, and leading American cities with more than 230MW of total installed solar power

  • Adopting the most ambitious and comprehensive energy and water efficiency law for existing buildings of any U.S. city

  • More than 80 percent of all City fleet procurements in the current budget year are electric vehicles — far exceeding the 2017 target of 50 percent, and giving L.A. the nation’s largest pure battery electric vehicle municipal fleet, as well as the largest electric vehicle police fleet