III 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. RES. 708 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 27, 2018 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Markey , Mr. Whitehouse , Mr. Van Hollen , Mr. Udall , Mr. Blumenthal , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Booker , Ms. Hirono , Ms. Smith , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Wyden , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Schatz , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Durbin , Mrs. Shaheen , Mr. Reed , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Cantwell , Ms. Harris , Ms. Duckworth , Ms. Hassan , and Mr. Bennet ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works RESOLUTION Expressing the need for bold climate action in response to the release of the United Nations report entitled Global Warming of 1.5 °C, an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty and the Fourth National Climate Assessment report entitled Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States by the United States Global Change Research Program.