Trump faces rebellion from more than 267 mayors
LEO HOHMANN
WND.com
06/27/2017
A movement is afoot by a United Nations-backed group to get U.S. cities to rebel against President Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris climate deal.
And it’s quietly becoming a huge success.
ICLEI, founded in 1990 as an international network of local and regional governments committed to “sustainability,” is rounding up support for a massive resistance movement by American cities in which they would forge ahead with what Trump has called a “bad deal for America.”
At least 267 mayors and governors have signed an open letter sent to the “international community and parties to the Paris Agreement” stating their commitment to the Paris climate deal, whether the president supports them or not.
“They are the radicals,” said Patrick Wood, an Arizona-based author, economist and expert on global governance. “They are the more aggressive mayors. Many are the early adopters of this radical climate policy.”
ICLEI now is bringing pressure on cities to join the fray of Trump rebellion.
“They were presenting this year at the U.S. Conference of Mayors,” Wood said. “They are the operational side of evolving cities with sustainable development, ducking cities into sustainable development policies. They set the policy or strategy at the U.N., but then someone has to go and do it, carry it out, the tactical side – that’s ICLEI.”
ICLEI is featuring an article on its website titled “How your local government can support the Paris Agreement” in which it gives instructions to local officials on how to flout Trump’s pledge to back out of the deal.
Nearly every city of any consequence is a member of ICLEI. On its website, ICLEI encourages its member cities to go against Trump on the Paris climate deal.
“Declare that ‘We Are Still In,’” says the ICLEI statement on climate change.
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