![]() To make our communities safe and resilient, we will continue to invest in flood and heat mitigation, and in hardening our critical infrastructure, including transit, energy, telecommunications, water, wastewater, and waste management. We will achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and do so in a just and equitable way. Unfortunately, climate change is a national emergency without a national policy, and efforts to curb fossil fuels and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have been stymied by federal actions such as the repeal of the Clean Power Plan the federal government’s intention to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement, and the weakening of vehicle fuel standards-as well as a persistent campaign of deception and denial by fossil fuel companies. The science behind climate change is indisputable: The burning of fossil fuels is the single largest contributor to human-caused climate change. Lives are on the line, time is not on our side, and the future of our city is in jeopardy. New Yorkers are already affected by regular tidal flooding - and it will only get worse and more widespread as sea levels continue to rise in New York City at twice the global average. We all worry about aging relatives and children during heat waves that now occur more frequently. Communities across the city devastated by Hurricane Sandy fear another extreme weather event. It is happening on both a national and global level and on our city’s streets. ![]() Climate change poses an existential threat to our future. ![]()
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