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Clerk 06/13/2025
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A MOTION relating to the 2025 Strategic Climate Action Plan, submitted in compliance with K.C.C 18.25.010.
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WHEREAS, King County's first Strategic Climate Action Plan was adopted in December 2012, and
WHEREAS, the King County executive transmitted an update to the plan in June 2015, which the King County council adopted in November 2015, and
WHEREAS, the King County executive transmitted an update to the plan in August 2020, which the King County council adopted in May 2021, and
WHEREAS, K.C.C 18.25.010 requires that updates to the plan shall occur at least every five years and that the executive shall transmit updates to the council for adoption by motion, and
WHEREAS, with this motion, the executive has transmitted to the council as Attachment A to this motion the updated plan called for in K.C.C 18.25.010, and
WHEREAS, climate change is occurring and is a paramount challenge with fundamental and far-reaching consequences that put our people, economy, and environment at risk, and
WHEREAS, impacts of a changing climate do not affect all King County residents in the same way. Experiences will vary based on income, health, age, and place of residence. Climate change impacts can magnify existing health issues and limited access to resources that are already experienced disproportionally by Black, Indigenous and people of color, and
WHEREAS, the 2020 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report stated that measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must be enacted with greater urgency to avoid long-lasting or irreversible changes to the global climate system, and
WHEREAS, the 2023 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report states that deep, rapid, and sustained mitigation and accelerated implementation of adaptation actions in this decade is needed to reduce projected losses and damages for humans and ecosystems. Limiting human-caused global warming will require net zero carbon dioxide emissions and furth...

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