U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement

Type: Policy (Multiple City)

Status: Exists and growing

Source File: http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/climate/quotes.htm#mayors

Description:

Started by the mayor of Seattle, is an agreement where mayors of cities:

Strive to meet or beat the Kyoto Protocol targets in their own communities, through actions ranging from anti-sprawl land-use policies to urban forest restoration projects to public information campaigns;

Urge their state governments, and the federal government, to enact policies and programs to meet or beat the greenhouse gas emission reduction target suggested for the United States in the Kyoto Protocol -- 7% reduction from 1990 levels by 2012; and

Urge the U.S. Congress to pass the bipartisan greenhouse gas reduction legislation, which would establish a national emission trading system

Currently 398 mayors have accepted the agreement