IV 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1145 
Expressing the need for bold climate action in response to the release of 
the United Nations report titled ‘‘Global Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius, 
an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees 
Celsius above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas 
emission pathways in the context of strengthening the global response 
to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts 
to eradicate poverty’’. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 13, 2018 
Mr. QUIGLEY (for himself, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. TONKO, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. 
POLIS, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. KILMER, Mr. THOMP-
SON of California, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. 
WELCH, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. KAPTUR, 
Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. BEYER, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. 
LANGEVIN, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. DIN-
GELL, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. BEN RAY 
LUJA´N of New Mexico, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, 
Mr. 
PRICE
of 
North 
Carolina, 
Ms. 
LEE, 
Mr. 
KRISHNAMOORTHI, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. POCAN, Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. 
PALLONE, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. PA-
NETTA, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, 
Ms. MENG, Mr. RUSH, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, Mr. SOTO, Mr. HAS-
TINGS, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. SIRES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. PETERS, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. 
HANABUSA, Ms. GABBARD, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, 
Mr. RASKIN, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. GALLEGO, Mrs. 
LAWRENCE, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. SEWELL of 
Alabama, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. DELBENE, 
Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. FRANKEL of Flor-
ida, Mr. NADLER, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. LARSEN of Washington, Ms. NORTON, and Mr. EVANS) sub-
mitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Af-
fairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 
the committee concerned 
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RESOLUTION 
Expressing the need for bold climate action in response to 
the release of the United Nations report titled ‘‘Global 
Warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius, an IPCC special report 
on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius 
above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse 
gas emission pathways in the context of strengthening 
the global response to the threat of climate change, sus-
tainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty’’. 
Whereas the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 
(IPCC) released on Monday, October 8, 2018, a report 
in response to an invitation from the United Nations 
Framework Convention on Climate Change; 
Whereas the IPCC report was written by 91 authors and re-
view editors from 40 countries, including the United 
States, and was reviewed by thousands of expert and gov-
ernment reviewers from around the world; 
Whereas the IPCC report found that increases in global tem-
perature above preindustrial levels are overwhelmingly 
the result of anthropogenic sources of atmospheric carbon 
and other greenhouse gases; 
Whereas the IPCC report found that the last 50-year period 
in the Northern Hemisphere has the warmest average 
temperature of any 50-year period in 500 years; 
Whereas the IPCC report found that Earth is already seeing 
the consequences of 1 degree Celsius warming above 
preindustrial levels in the form of extreme weather, rising 
sea levels, longer and more severe droughts, diminishing 
Arctic sea ice, and diminished glacial and snow cover, 
among other impacts; 
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Whereas the IPCC report found that as the global tempera-
ture continues to warm, the impacts of a warming atmos-
phere increase in severity; 
Whereas the report found that the difference between warm-
ing of 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius is substantial, and that 
limiting warming to 1.5 degrees is affordable, feasible, 
and necessary to protecting people from the worst im-
pacts of climate change, including extreme heat, drought, 
floods, and increased poverty and instability; 
Whereas the IPCC report found that, compared to warming 
of 1.5 degrees Celsius, warming at or above 2 degrees 
Celsius could result in 10 centimeters more global sea 
level rise and substantially more summers without Arctic 
sea ice; 
Whereas the IPCC report found that, compared to warming 
of 1.5 degrees Celsius, warming at or above 2 degrees 
could worsen impacts to terrestrial, freshwater, coastal, 
and marine ecosystems, and increase the risk of species 
loss and extinctions; 
Whereas the IPCC report found that warming at or above 2 
degrees Celsius could lead to a loss of greater than 99 
percent of all of Earth’s coral reefs; 
Whereas the IPCC report found that warming at or above 2 
degrees Celsius could lead to mass migration from re-
gions most impacted by atmospheric changes; 
Whereas the IPCC report found that at a 1.5 degree tem-
perature rise, the global population exposed to water 
stress could be 50 percent lower than if the global tem-
perature rises 2 degrees Celsius; 
Whereas the IPCC report found that the amount of people 
exposed to extreme heat waves rises substantially under 
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a world warmed by 2 degrees Celsius rather than 1.5 de-
grees Celsius; 
Whereas the IPCC report found that at current rates of 
greenhouse gas emissions Earth will warm by 1.5 degrees 
Celsius above preindustrial levels by 2040; 
Whereas the IPCC report found that to avoid the impacts of 
a 1.5 degree Celsius warmer world by 2040, net global 
greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by 45 percent 
below 2010 levels by 2030 and 100 percent below 2010 
levels by 2050; 
Whereas the United States is a global leader; 
Whereas the United States is a member of the global commu-
nity and is affected by climate impacts such as those out-
lined in the IPCC report; 
Whereas the United States is already suffering from the im-
pacts of climate change; 
Whereas it is possible and economically beneficial to transi-
tion to a low-carbon economy that would not contribute 
to global climate change and would result in sustainable 
economic growth; and 
Whereas the Government of the United States has failed to 
enact policies to effectively transition to a low-carbon 
economy or reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with 
scientific recommendations to reduce global temperature 
changes: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) recognizes and accepts the findings of the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; 
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(2) expresses that it is the sense of the House 
of Representatives that reducing greenhouse gas 
emissions in line with IPCC recommendations would 
help avoid the most devastating climate change im-
pacts and would be good for every American; and 
(3) expresses that it is the sense of the House 
of Representatives that immediate action by Con-
gress and the Administration is needed to reduce 
greenhouse gas emissions by 45 percent below 2010 
levels by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. 
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