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IN THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2007-009 (3089) RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A CITY OF SAN LEANDRO GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GOAL TO REDUCE CITYWIDE EMISSIONS 25% BELOW 2005 LEVELS BY 2020 WHEREAS, studies suggest that a global greenhouse gas emissions reduction of anywhere from 60-80% is needed to avert an ecological crisis. WHEREAS, on February 16, 2005, the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement to address climate disruption, came into force. As of December 2006, a total of 169 countries and other governmental entities, representing over 61 % of emissions from developed countries, have ratified the agreement. The Agreement requires the countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 5.2%, on average, below 1990 levels by 2012. The objective is the stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system; and WHEREAS, the United States of America, with less than five percent of the world's population, is responsible for producing approximately 25% of the world's global warming pollutants, yet is not a party to the Kyoto Protocol; and WHEREAS, the Kyoto Protocol emission reduction target for the U.S., had it ratified the treaty, would have been 7% below 1990 levels by 2012; and WHEREAS, Mayors from around the nation, including the former Mayor of San Leandro, have signed the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement which urges federal and state governments to enact policies and programs to meet the Kyoto Protocol target of a 7% reduction in emissions below 1990 levels and commits their local agencies to striving to take actions to meet the Kyoto Protocol targets; and WHEREAS, in July 2006, the City of San Leandro adopted Resolution 2006-076 Authorizing Participation in the Alameda County Climate Protection Project and Membership in ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability; and WHEREAS, in September 2006, the State of California adopted the Global Warming Act of 2006 which creates a statewide greenhouse gas emission limit that would reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2002; and WHEREAS, the City of San Leandro, with assistance from ICLEI and Stopwaste.org, completed a 2005 baseline Community-wide and Municipal Operations emissions inventory; and WHEREAS, the second step of the Alameda County Climate Protection Project is adoption of an emissions reduction target; and