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This concurrent resolution condemns President Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Accord, a 2016 international agreement signed by 195 countries aimed at limiting global temperature increases to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. The resolution highlights that the withdrawal would lead to greater environmental and economic damages, weaken the United States' leadership in renewable energy, and damage diplomatic relationships. It emphasizes that the decision contradicts New Jersey state law and the views of the majority of Americans who consider climate change a major threat. The resolution, passed by the New Jersey Legislature, officially condemns the withdrawal and urges the President to rejoin the accord, with instructions to transmit copies of the resolution to the President, Vice President, and New Jersey's congressional representatives, thereby formally expressing the state's opposition to the federal climate policy decision.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/SCR124