Bill Text: AZ SCR1045 | 2022 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 2nd Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: Climate change; actions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-02 - Senate read second time [SCR1045 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2022-SCR1045-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: climate change; actions |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022
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SCR 1045 |
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Introduced by Senator Quezada
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A concurrent resolution
Supporting governmental actions to end global warming.
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Whereas, this climate change is a cause of rising sea levels and increasing wildfires, severe storms, droughts and other extreme weather events that threaten human life, healthy communities and critical infrastructure; and
Whereas, global warming at or above two degrees Celsius beyond preindustrial levels will cause mass migration from the regions most affected by climate change and will result in more than $500,000,000,000 in lost annual economic output in the United States by the year 2100; and
Whereas, by 2050, wildfires will annually burn at least twice as much forest area in the western United States than was typically burned by wildfires in the years preceding 2019; and
Whereas, by 2050, there is an expected loss of more than 99 percent of all coral reefs, and more than 350,000,000 people globally will be exposed to deadly heat stress; and
Whereas, global warming at or above two degrees Celsius may cause up to $1,000,000,000,000 in damage to public infrastructure and coastal real estate in the United States; and
Whereas, global temperatures must be kept below one and one-half degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels to avoid the most severe impacts of a changing climate. Greenhouse gas emissions from human sources must be reduced by 40 to 60 percent by 2030 and net zero global emissions must be achieved by 2050; and
Whereas, historically responsible for a disproportionate amount of greenhouse gas emissions, the United States must take a leading role in reducing emissions through economic transformation; and
Whereas, climate change, pollution and environmental destruction have exacerbated systemic racial, regional, social, environmental and economic injustices by disproportionately affecting indigenous peoples, communities of color, migrant communities, deindustrialized communities, depopulated rural communities, the poor, low-income workers, women, the elderly, the unhoused, people with disabilities and youth; and
Whereas, climate change constitutes a direct threat to the national security of the United States by impacting the economic, environmental and social stability of countries and communities around the world and by acting as a threat multiplier.
Therefore
Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring:
1. That the Legislature supports action by all levels of government, including state government, to enact policies that will achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions through a fair and just transition for all communities and workers and secure, for all Arizonans for generations to come, clean air and water, climate and community resiliency, healthy food, access to nature and a sustainable environment.
2. That the Legislature supports developing climate policy through transparent and inclusive consultation, collaboration and partnership with frontline and vulnerable communities, labor unions, worker cooperatives, civil society groups, academia and businesses.
