; 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, floods, wildfires, and other extreme weather events; Whereas, according to climate scientists, addressing the climate emergency will require a just phase-out of the use of oil, gas, and coal in order to keep the carbon that is the primary constituent of fossil fuels in the ground and out of the atmosphere; Whereas in 2022 some of the world’s largest oil and gas companies reported record annual profits and rewarded shareholders with buybacks while knowingly exacerbating the ongoing climate crisis; 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 August 2022, the United States took its single most aggressive action to tackle the climate crisis and transition to create renewable energy solutions when the Inflation Reduction Act (in this resolution referred to as the IRA ) was signed into law by President Biden; Whereas the IRA includes $369 billion for energy security and climate change, including investments in disadvantaged communities, projects that repurpose retired fossil fuel infrastructure and employ displaced workers, and setting the United States on course for a renewable energy transition as soon as possible