JPANet: Lead By Example

From now until December 18, government leaders from around the world will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, to seek a new global agreement that addresses the causes and consequences of climate change.  Hopes for finalizing a new agreement to replace the 1997 Kyoto Protocol during the Copenhagen conference have been greatly diminished due to disagreement among the U.S. and other major carbon emitters about targets and strategies for reducing emissions. But setting the stage for a new treaty to reduce global warming and remedy its effects remains an urgent goal for world leaders.

Urge your Senators to join in the spirit of Copenhagen by supporting the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, (S.1733).

Both at the conference and in the time following, President Obama must commit the U.S. to lead the way in finding solutions to carbon pollution at home and around the world. Because climate damage cuts across all borders, international cooperation is needed to ensure all countries do their part in reducing carbon emissions and receive help in responding to the harmful effects of global warming already taking place. A strategy to assist all countries in adapting to the impacts of climate change is as important as a plan to curb future emissions, since the people who are suffering the most from climate change are the poorest of the poor in both industrialized and developing countries. 

Clean air, fresh water, secure food sources, and the sustainability of coastlines and other fragile ecologies that communities everywhere depend on are already threatened due to global warming. It is time for the countries that benefit most from activities that cause climate change to acknowledge this injustice and take the steps necessary to correct it.

The House of Representatives has already passed legislation addressing climate change and energy. Now the Senate needs to do likewise. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and John Kerry (D-MA) have introduced the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S.1733). This is a moderate bill that should be passed by the Senate without allowing it to be weakened by amendments. Rather, the bill should be strengthening by augmenting the funding for international adaptation.

Please contact your senators and ask them to take stand on climate change by casting a yes vote for the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, (S.1733) when it is brought to the floor.

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