Agreement With Global Warming In Bronx
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The New York Climate Legislation On July 18, 2019, the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act) was signed into law. New York State's Climate Act requires New York to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent by 2030 and no less than 85 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels.
Climate and Health Extreme heat. Extreme cold. Coastal storms, heavy rainfall and flooding. Power outages and energy insecurity. Polluted air. Air quality: fire and smoke. Mosquitoes and ticks.
In 2019, the New York City Council passed a package of legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from and improve energy efficiency for certain buildings in New York City. LL97, the most significant part of the NYC Climate Mobilization Act, sets ambitious goals for reducing GHG emissions from buildings.
The York Climate Change Strategy 2022 to 2032, “A City Fit for the Future”, sets out our vision to be net zero and provides a framework to both reduce carbon and be more climate resilient by 2030.
Extreme heat, coastal storms, flooding and episodes of elevated ozone are climate-related hazards that may increase with climate change and have important public health impacts in New York City.
EPA selected the Bronx River Alliance with Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice as a partner to receive almost $1 million to convene a Bronx Climate Justice Task Force to ensure that communities have a voice in decisions made that will shape the future of climate resiliency in the Bronx.
New York's commitment includes investing up to $200 million in port infrastructure to match private sector investment in regional development of offshore wind and maximize the long-term economic benefits to New York including good paying jobs.
The Paris Agreement is a landmark in the multilateral climate change process because, for the first time, a binding agreement brings all nations together to combat climate change and adapt to its effects.
Today, 195 Parties (194 States plus the European Union) have joined the Paris Agreement. The Agreement includes commitments from all countries to reduce their emissions and work together to adapt to the impacts of climate change, and calls on countries to strengthen their commitments over time.
The Paris Agreement's central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.