Updated Apr 6, 2023

Summary:  County elected officials are expected to join the Nashville Town Council and the mayors of Bloomington and Columbus in signing a  Resolution in support of the United Nations’ strategy for fighting climate change.

Apr 4, 2023.‘Opportunity to rebuild’: Local community leaders unveil climate change alliance

Mar 24, 2023,  Audio – Climate Change Presentations

The Resolution includes a pledge from the county to provide funding of 50 cents per capita or $7,500 for Brown County, per year over the next three years.

Per the presenters, although the county’s contribution to reducing greenhouse gases may be small, Brown County can be part of a regional and global (U.N) initiative to prevent “the catastrophic effects of global warming.”   U.N Report:

• • “Climate change is a threat to human well-being and planetary health ( very high confidence ). There is a rapidly closing window of opportunity to secure a liveable and sustainable future for all (very high confidence ). ”  U.N Report
  • “Emissions should be decreasing by now and will need to be cut by almost half by 2030, if warming is to be limited to 1.5°C. ” U.N. Report

Among the benefits of the alliance are the expectations of federal funding for various projects.

• Mar 24, 2023. This post and comments at the Facebook Group – Brown County Matters

Mar 24, 2023. Project 46 – Southern Indiana Regional Climate Alliance Kick-off  Meeting- Nashville Town Hall (PDF of the announcement)  

• • Audio – Part 1 Climate Change Presentations by Anna Hoostetter (Nashville Town Council), Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop, Nashville Town Manager Sandie Jones, and Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton
  • Audio – Part 2 Questions and Answers

United Nations Climate Change Report – Climate Changes 2023. © Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2023.

• • Press Release IPCC_AR6_SYR_PressRelease_en
  • Summary for Policymakers. IPCC_AR6_SYR_SPM

Mar 16, 2023. Opposing Perspective:  TUCKER CARLSON: Climate change experts’ bullying is not about helping the Earth, it is about controlling us.  Tucker shreds climate change ‘experts’ and their predictions, which have not held up well over time

• • Includes link to an interview with Jordan Peterson

Oct 6, 2022. Bloomington, IN.   First Regional Climate Convening Assembled To Discuss and Address Climate Change

• • PDF of the Announcement First Regional Climate Convening Assembled To Discuss and Address Climate Change _ City of Bloomington, Indiana
  • Video – Presentations