Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty

Whereas the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC report in 2021, Code Red for Humanity, confirmed that without radical reductions in carbon emissions this decade, temperature rises above 1.5 degrees Celsius would be inevitable and irreversible and the credible threat of unstoppable, self-accelerating global heating; And whereas climate crisis impacts are already being felt in our communities, including the summer heat dome, a pattern of hotterdrier summers, increased exposure to wildfire smoke, and increased frequency and intensity of heavy rain which impacts food security, infrastructure and the well being if the entire community: Therefore be it resolved that UBCM formally endorse the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.