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With former Vice President Al Gore by his side, Gov. Cuomo on Thursday pledged state action to address climate change.RELATED: Andrew Cuomo Administration Says It Has No Record of Incentive Offers To General Electric
“Climate change is a reality and not to address it is gross negligence by government and irresponsible as citizens,” Cuomo said during an event at Columbia University.
The governor signed a non-binding commitment to help keep the Earth’s average temperature from increasing 2 degrees Celsius by the year 2100.
In signing the pledge, Cuomo noted that a UN panel on climate change determined that the goal was necessary in order to “avert a catastrophic impact of climate change including sea level rise that would create extreme weather, cause many droughts, and lead to food scarcity.”
He said the state is joining 42 other jurisdictions in 19 countries on five continents that have made the same commitment. California is among them.
Cuomo said the state will also work with others in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to expand the carbon market to cap emissions. And he pledged to bring solar power to 150,000 more homes and businesses by 2020 and renewable energy to every state university campus by the same year.
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