; Whereas 18 national governments across the world and the European Union have declared a climate emergency, as well as the State of Hawaii and more than 190 other cities, counties, and local jurisdictions in the United States; Whereas the United States maintains existing resources and international commitments for bilateral and multilateral assistance to support economically emerging countries, including the Green Climate Fund, the Clean Technology Fund, the Adaptation Fund, the Least Developed Countries Fund, and the International Sustainable Landscapes programs, that should be supported with robust funding levels; Whereas President Biden also maintains existing Executive authority under the National Environmental Policy Act, the Mineral Leasing Act, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act, the Clean Water Act, the Natural Gas Act, and the Clean Air Act that can be used to address the ongoing climate crisis; Whereas, under these existing authorities, the President can phase down the rate of fossil fuel production on federal lands and in federal waters, limit gas exports, halt approval of new fossil fuel infrastructure projects, establish national limits for greenhouse gases, and decarbonize transportation; Whereas a national climate emergency declaration would further unlock the broad powers of the National Emergency Act, the Defense Production Act, and the Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act; Whereas such a declaration can be used to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions, address environmental injustice, invest in large scale mitigation and resiliency projects, create additional jobs with family sustaining wages and benefits, and ensure a just transition to a renewable energy economy; Whereas such a declaration will allow the United States to further mobilize domestic industry, ramp up domestic manufacturing of renewable energy technologies, and deploy resilient energy infrastructure