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Congress Urges National Climate Plan to Protect Children's Health and Future

This resolution expresses the sense of Congress that the climate crisis severely impacts children's health and fundamental rights, demanding urgent action. It calls for the development of a national, science-based plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions and stabilize the climate system. Citizens should anticipate that federal agencies may be directed to create strategies aimed at improving air quality, reducing extreme weather risks, and securing a stable economic future for younger generations.
Key points
The climate crisis is formally recognized as a threat to children's basic rights, health, and economic security.
Congress urges the creation of a comprehensive plan to eliminate fossil fuel emissions and restore climate stability by the end of the century.
Potential benefits include stabilized energy costs, job growth in clean energy sectors, and significant improvements in public health outcomes.
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A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently needed to address the climate crisis, and acknowledging the need of the United States to develop a national, comprehensive, science-based, and just climate recovery plan to phase out fossil fuel emissions, protect and enhance natural carbon sequestration, and put the United States on a path toward stabilizing the climate system.
Print number: SCONRES 13
Sponsor: Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR]
Process start date: 2023-07-13