The Mayors Climate Protection Center, founded in 2007 as a subgroup of the

U.S. Conference of Mayors The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) is the official non-partisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. The cities are each represented by their mayors or other chief elected officials. The organization was founded i ...

, is dedicated to providing mayors with "the guidance and assistance they need to lead their cities’ efforts to reduce the

greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities strengthen the greenhouse effect, contributing to climate change. Most is carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas. The largest emitters include coal in China and lar ...

that are linked to climate change." The initiative was promoted by

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mayor Greg Nickels.

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, Mayor of Trenton, said that the Conference of Mayors had, for decades "...formally adopted and actively promoted policy positions on a range of issues affecting energy production and use and its impact on the environment."

Climate Protection Agreement

Mayor Greg Nickels began the "U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement" in 2005 that seeks the pledges of mayors from all 50 states to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 5.2% from 1990 levels by the year 2012, in line with the

Kyoto Protocol The Kyoto Protocol was an international treaty which extended the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, based on the scientific consensus that (part ...

. Many mayors have joined the agreement since its announcement: * By July 2007, 600 mayors had signed the agreement. * By October 2009, 1,000 mayors representing over 86 million residents signed the agreement.

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External links

List of participating mayors
Organizations established in 2007