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Long Beach Leads In Climate Action
I have a varied and exciting professional life, but still, it’s not every day that I get to be inspired by the likes of Harrison Ford and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. That’s been my unique opportunity this week: to attend the Governors’ Global Climate Summit – the second annual – in Los Angeles.A little history is in order here. Back in 1997 the nations of the world gathered in Kyoto to negotiate an agreement to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases that are believed to contribute to climate change. The so-called Kyoto Protocol set reduction targets for countries that agreed to sign on. The United States declined to participate, saying the agreement wasn’t fair unless it assigned some responsibility to developing nations. The parties to the Kyoto agreement, along with many other nations, have continued to meet annually under the auspices of the United Nations, and the next meeting is coming up this December in Copenhagen. Continue reading Long Beach Post.