The Sarasota Network for Climate Action (SNCA) is a group of concerned citizens working to raise awareness and inspire action on global warming locally.  

Photos and information on successes and past events are available at SNCA In Action.  

A detailed Mission Statement is below outlining specific policy targets we have set for each of the local municipalities.  

 

Initial Mission Statement

The Sarasota Network for Climate Action (SNCA) is a group of concerned citizens who recognize that science has established that human activities, particularly human use of fossil fuels for energy, are causing carbon dioxide and other gases to accumulate in the atmosphere where they are forming an ever-thicker blanket, which is making the earth grow warmer and causing climate change.

Because power comes with knowledge, we pledge to educate the citizens of Sarasota County about this issue through newsletters, email action alerts, appearing and speaking at events, and any other ways that seem useful.
           
We call on our local governments to take prompt action to reduce the causes of climate change through the following steps (some municipalities have already begun to take these steps; that progress is appreciated and indicated below):

• to sign the US Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, which urges federal and state governments to enact policies and programs to meet or beat the Kyoto Protocol target of reducing global warming pollution levels to 7% below 1990 levels by 2012.

Sarasota County	City of Sarasota	City of Venice	Town of Longboat Key	City of North Port

 

• to join ICLEI Governments for Sustainability, an association of local governments that have made a commitment to sustainable development, and which provides consulting, training, and evaluation tools for setting and achieving energy efficiency objectives

Sarasota County	City of Sarasota	City of Venice	Town of Longboat Key	City of North Port

 

• to sign the 2030 Challenge, a program initiated by the American Institute of Architects, which calls for increasing the fossil-fuel reduction standard for all new buildings to carbon neutral by 2030

Sarasota County	City of Sarasota	City of Venice	Town of Longboat Key	City of North Port

 

• to establish an environmental department staffed by at least one environmental specialist.

 

Sarasota County	City of Sarasota	City of Venice	Town of Longboat Key	City of North Port

• to set up a citizens’ board to advise and recommend regarding environmental policies

Sarasota County	City of Sarasota	City of Venice	Town of Longboat Key	City of North Port

 

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