The decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement has far-reaching implications for our health, our security, and our economic prosperity. The overwhelming scientific consensus tells us that climate change is a real and active threat to communities around the world and to future generations -- we should not ignore the threat, we should act.

In the absence of leadership from the current Administration, we urge decision-makers in towns, counties, cities and states across the United States to join with the nearly 200 countries around the globe to heed the science on climate change and continue to take action to address this global threat to public health, global economies, and national security.