; Whereas there is an overwhelming scientific consensus that human-caused climate change is occurring, that the scale of recent changes across the climate system is unprecedented in a multimillennial context, and that the present accelerated rate of global heating, glacier and ice sheet melting, sea level rise, and ocean acidification is a result of the buildup of atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions, primarily consisting of carbon dioxide emissions, largely from the combustion of fossil fuels; Whereas the accumulation of current atmospheric CO 2 levels to an annual average of 419 parts per million (ppm) in 2022 has caused a dangerous planetary energy imbalance, equivalent to the amount of energy of exploding more than 400,000 Hiroshima atomic bombs per day, 365 days per year, across the planet; Whereas current climate science and real-world observations of the energy imbalance demonstrate that the approximately 1 degree Celsius of warming that has already occurred as a result of human-caused climate change is already dangerous and negatively affecting all aspects of society and the economy of the United States; Whereas the last time atmospheric concentration of CO 2 was around 400 ppm, the seas were up to 70 to 90 feet higher, the Greenland and West Antarctic ice sheets largely collapsed, and coral reefs suffered a major extinction; Whereas similar conditions will result if the United States does not drastically reduce CO 2 emissions in addition to naturally sequestering and drawing down excess concentrations of CO 2 already in the atmosphere from cumulative historic emissions this century; Whereas the longer the length of time atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations remain at dangerous levels, the risk of locking in dangerous warming-driven feedback loops and triggering accelerated heating and irreversible catastrophic impacts increases; Whereas climate change is a threat to national security, as it contributes to and exacerbates global instability and conflict