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Often slipping by with too little notice, communities throughout the world, including here in California, are declaring climate emergencies. They recognize that waiting for national governments to take the lead isn't sufficient. And coasting along with "someday, not now" nonchalance no longer cuts it. We've reached the point where "climate change" is not an accurate description of our situation and only obscures the fact that all life on this planet is already in an emergency situation.

 

Thankfully, we still have time to mobilize and accelerate local and regional support for comprehensive, immediate, and sustained action to help limit the worst impacts of a global temperature increase of 1.5°C (2.7°F) or more. That is what's driving cities across the world to declare climate emergencies, including San Francisco, Richmond, Oakland, Santa Cruz, Davis, Chico, and several others in Northern California. Los Angeles has even created a "Climate Emergency Mobilization Department" to coordinate climate action across the city.

 

While getting your city to declare a climate emergency is an important step, your help is needed to turn such declarations into action. Here’s what you can do: