Global Warming

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Just released by King County  WA:

"Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments" can be accessed by clicking here:  www.cses.washington.edu/cig/fpt/guidebook.shtml.

The Conservation Leaders Network has established a Global Warming Committee to help direct our work on this most important issue.  Thanks for the service of the following members of the Committee:

• Clerk of the Court, Paul Ferguson, Arlington County  VA

• Supervisor Brett Hulsey, Dane County  WI

• Supervisor Byng Hunt, Mono County  CA

• Jim Lopez, Deputy Chief of Staff, Global Warming Action Team Lead, King County  WA

• Supervisor Paolo Maffei, Tuolomne County  CA

• Supervisor Paul Newman, Cochise County  AZ

• Councilman Dave Somers, Snohomish County  WA

• Former Commissioner Cheryl Thorp, Curry County  OR

• Commissioner Will Toor, Boulder County  CO

• Supervisor John Woolley, Humboldt County  CA

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See the Cool Counties Climate Stabilization Declaration and help get your county to endorse it!  Launched at the National Association of Counties' annual conference in Richmond  VA in July, 2008, it calls for a commitment to reduce global warming emissions 80 percent by 2050.  Click here to read the Declaration.  Click here to read about the Launch.

“The time to put global warming solutions into place is now.

We can't wait any longer. Scientists say we need to turn the corner on global warming within 10 years to prevent very dangerous impacts from becoming inevitable. Each year that passes without tackling global warming head-on makes the problem more difficult and expensive to solve.

But at the same time, global warming has finally gotten our attention -- Americans are increasingly aware that a warming climate is a real threat to our way of life, and that we have a choice about how bad it will get.”  The Natural Resources Defense Council

This is a message that we believe county officials will respond to right now.  But before they will respond, they need to hear the message, they need responses and solutions placed before them in ways that resonate with county officials, they need help advocating for the changes that need to take place.

While we believe this should be handled at the federal level, we also know that it isn’t going to happen.  Some states have begun to address the issue but many county officials recognize that they need to step up to the plate and take a leadership role.  The Conservation Leaders Network can help them do just that.

The Conservation Leaders Network works with county officials to protect America’s natural resources.  It has become clear that as important as the many individual resource protection issues are, they pale in comparison to the effect global warming will have on America’s natural resources.

The Conservation Leaders Network recently conducted a survey of more than 1,200 county officials from across the country to learn what they thought would be most helpful to them to counter global warming.  To see the results, click here.

The National Association of Counties finally adopted a position on global warming at the Legislative Conference in March.  The Conservation Leaders Network was instrumental in its success.  Three county commissioners from three different states were planning to introduce resolutions unbeknownst to each other.   But we knew about each of them and were able to bring them together to develop a strategy and language that succeeded.

King County WA is releasing a report targeted at what counties need to do to adapt to changes global warming will cause.  To see the report, and see what you can do to help your county prepare, click here.

The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has very informative material on their website.  NRDC uses law, science, and the support of more than 1 million members and online activists to protect the planet's wildlife and wild places and to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all living things.  NRDC's website provides a wealth of environmental information as well as state-of-the-art online activism tools.  You can find information about and global warming on the NRDC website by clicking on this link.

To see the handout, Global Warming Impacts on Forests, that we passed out at the NACo Conference, click here.

The Conservation Leaders Network is working hard to raise the money needed to get global warming information out to counties.  To join or make a donation, click here.

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