Pipeline i say thank you again for helping us. Thank you. And brian deast deese. Welcome to you both and thank you so much for taking the time. It has been a little bit busy for you here this week and happy to be aligned with President Biden and understand the urgency facing states and local governments and he expressed that clearly after we met with him after the election. We need flexibility and direct fiscal assistance to fight the pandemic, close the budget shortfalls and keep our front line workers on the job. President biden understands how important cities are to the Economic Health and prosperity of our nation, our u. S. Metro economies represent 90 of gross domestic product, 88 of jobs and 90 of wages. In short, cities are the engines of the American Economy and key to americas future prosperity. Last year, the conference went all out to rally support for direct physicianal aid but the funding did not make it into the covid relief package because it was tied to other issues wh
Community to implement local solutions to the many climate challenges we have. We also recognize to address this challenge, we need a constructive federal partner and thank god we have got one now. These are difficult times and we need additional resources. The conference of mayors worked hard to establish the Energy Efficiency and confirmation Conservation Block Program to help jump start over 1000 Climate Change initiatives that produce both short and longterm impacts. We need to expand on these initiatives to meet these goals we have all set and we threw so urgently need to meet. We recognize that addressing Climate Change will save our environment and provide good paying jobs, it will boost our economy, and we human beings must be humble. We often act as if we are separate and apart from nature and in fact we are nature, we are interdependent part of the picture of the environment. I am pleased that President Biden shares our vision and is committed to making Climate Change one of
Republicans, democrats and independents from cities of all sizes calling on congress to pass the plan immediately so the president can sign the bill into law and provide state and local governments with the funds and flexibility necessary for us to continue providing the services to the American People. We are joined by two senior white house officials who will play key roles in filling the partnership with the Biden Administration. First, Julie Rodriguez chavez, director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. You have been fantastic with us. The team worked with the transition. Thank you again for helping us so much. Thank you. Brian deese, director of the National Economic council. Welcome to you both and thank you for making this time. It has been a little bit busy for you this week. We are happy to be aligned with President Biden and understand the urgency facing states and local governments. He expressed that clearly after we met with him after the election. He un
Address the challenge we need of a constructive federal partner and think that we have one now these are difficult times and we need additional resources. The conference of mayors work hard to establish the Conservation Block Grant Program that help jumpstart over 1000 local and state initiatives to produce both short and longterm impacts. We need to expand on these initiatives to meet these goals that we so urgently need to meet. And we must be humble to accept and apart in fact were nature and the interdependent part of the environment. The president has shared our vision to make a pony from the number one is the 46 president of the United States has already turned the United States and the Paris Climate Accord and during his campaign unveiling a 2 trilliondollar proposal to address the challenge and he is also selected to extraordinary leaders to champion the climate agenda domestically and on the world stage i am delighted and grateful ball secretary carrie Gina Mccarthy are with u
A lot of things happen at the frontlines there that dont happen in washington. In fact, washington hasnt been doing much these last years and all of us know that so this is the moment for change but the point i want to make is my job is to work near the National Picture and thats critical because 88 percent of all the emissions that were suffering from ona global basis come from the rest of the planet, not the United States. China is about 30 percent of all the emissions. Eu is 14 percent, russia, indonesia, these other countries contribute and there are 20 to 25 major developed nations that are responsible for the crisis that we find ourselves in. Youve got a 138 nations that only amount to, they are each of them fractions of one percent so theyre not the problem today though there could be in the future if we dont set the right example having had the privilege of negotiating, let me share with all ofyou quickly the picture. Paris set a target of trying to hold the earths temperature