; Whereas, according to climate scientists, limiting global warming to not more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, and likely lower, is most likely to avoid irreversible and catastrophic climate change; Whereas, even with global warming up to 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels, the planet is projected to experience— (1) a significant rise in sea levels; (2) extraordinary loss of biodiversity; and (3) intensifying droughts, prodigious floods, devastating wildfires, and other extreme weather events; Whereas, according to climate scientists, addressing the climate emergency will require an economically just and managed phase-out of the use of oil, gas, and coal to keep fossil fuels in the ground; Whereas the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has determined that limiting warming through emissions reduction and carbon sequestration will require rapid, and immediate, acceleration and proliferation of far-reaching, multilevel, and cross-sectoral climate mitigation and transitions in energy, land, urban and rural infrastructure (including transport and buildings), and industrial systems ; Whereas, in the United States, massive, comprehensive, and urgent governmental action is required immediately to achieve the transitions of those systems in response to the severe existing and projected economic, social, public health, and national security threats posed by the climate crisis; Whereas the massive scope and scale of action necessary to stabilize the climate will require unprecedented levels of public awareness, engagement, and deliberation to develop and implement effective, just, and equitable policies to address the climate crisis; Whereas failure to mobilize and solve the climate emergency is antithetical to the spirit of the Declaration of Independence in protecting unalienable Rights that include Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness