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OaklandRedevelopmentSuccessorAgencyAndCityCouncil | 2018-10-30 | Special Concurrent Meeting of the Meeting Minutes - FINAL October 30, 2018 Oakland Redevelopment Successor Agency/City Council S7.19 Subject: Climate Emergency Resolution From: Councilmembers Kaplan, Kalb, Mayor Schaaf, And City Attorney Parker Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Endorsing The Declaration Of A Climate Emergency And Requesting Regional Collaboration On An Immediate Just Transition And Emergency Mobilization Effort To Restore A Safe Climate 18-0882 Attachments: View Report 87397 CMS The City Council approved the recommendation with the following amendments The second WHEREAS, global warming of approximately 1 degree C has already increased and intensified wildfires, floods, rising seas, diseases, droughts, and extreme weather; and Removing the 6th WHEREAS and the Removing the 14th WHEREAS 15th WHEREAS, marginalize populations in Oakland and worldwide, including people of color, immigrants, indigenous communities, low-income individuals, and people with disabilities, are already disproportionately affected by climate change, and continue to bear an excess burden as temperatures increase; and 16th WHEREAS, building a society that is resilient to the current, expected and potential effects of climate change will protect health, lives, environments, and economies, and resilience will safeguard best if it takes into account the most dramatic potential consequences of climate change; and 17th WHEREAS, justice calls for climate resilience that addresses the specific experience, vulnerabilities and needs of the marginalized communities most affected by climate change, and includes those communities in climate resilience planning, policy and actions; and 18th WHEREAS, actions to reduce carbon emissions and/or sequester greenhouse gases may be taken in ways that also improve resilience to the effects of climate change, and vice versa; and 19th WHEREAS, The City of Oakland has begun a robust process to create a newly revised and expanded Energy and Climate Action Plan (ECAP) to meet or exceed the Council-adopted emission reduction target of 56% by the year 2030 and 83% by 2050 using the year 2005 as the baseline, while still implementing priority actions under the 2012-adopted Plan; and 3rd FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City of Oakland commits to take actions to safeguard against the inevitable and potential consequences of climate change through climate resilience efforts at the city and regional levels, and invite the full participation od all communities in climate resilience efforts, including those communities most vulnerable to the effects of climate change; and be it 4th FURTHER RESOLVED, That the City of Oakland commits to coordinating it's climate mobilization to restore a safe climate with it's initiative to increase climate City of Oakland Page 10 Printed on 11/29/2018 | 10 | OaklandRedevelopmentSuccessorAgencyAndCityCouncil/2018-10-30.pdf |