Shortly after 3:00 p.m. in the Rose Garden at the White House President Trump ended the suspense and announced that the United States will pull out of the Paris Climate Accord and stop the redistribution of America’s wealth. Within hours, Arizona mayors issued meaningless statements in opposition.
In 2015, Politico reported on “Why the Paris climate deal is meaningless.” According to the report, the Paris Climate Accord negotiators did not hash “out a fair allocation of the deep emissions cuts all countries would need to make to limit warming.” The report argued that emissions reductions were not a priority, and instead the negotiations were “rigged” to ensure an agreement was “reached regardless of how little action countries plan to take. The developing world, projected to account for four-fifths of all carbon-dioxide emissions this century, will earn applause for what amounts to a promise to stay on their pre-existing trajectory of emissions-intensive growth.”
The report revealed that the negotiations actually centered on “climate finance.” Climate finance is the term for wealth transferred from developed to developing nations based on a vague and shifting set of rationales including repayment of the “ecological debt” created by past emissions, “reparations” for natural disasters, and funding of renewable energy initiatives.”
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Tempe Mayor Mark Mitchell:
I stand in strong opposition to President Trump’s announcement to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate accord. This historic global agreement was a major step forward in fighting the devastating and possibly irreversible effects of global climate change. In Paris, 196 nations came together to make a substantial commitment to future generations. We cannot turn away from this promise.
Climate change looms as one of the largest threats to our future health, safety and security. Cities all across our great nation have and will continue to take up the fight against global climate change. As a part of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, Tempe’s commitment to tackling climate change remains strong. Tempe will continue the work of the Paris accord. We will fulfill our energy efficiency goals and work with our local energy providers to increase the renewable energy that we create right here within our borders. Tempe will continue to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
I am convinced that making investments in a clean energy economy will create jobs and improve our environment in Arizona. I look forward to working with our residents and businesses to develop our climate action plan over the next two years; that effort is already underway and will only continue to gain momentum.
Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild:
I’m a member of Mayors National Climate Action Agenda and signed on to today’s letter. https://t.co/GR5Jc8GMh9 #ClimateMayors #Tucson
— Jonathan Rothschild (@JRothschildAZ) June 2, 2017
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton: