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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: January 15, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ..3 -- <br />SUBJECT: Proclamation Recognizing Climate Change Awareness Day <br />DEPARTMENT: BOCC <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Proclamation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />- Commissioner Mike Nelson <br />- Donna Baker, Clerk to the <br />Orange County Board of <br />Commissioners <br />(919) 245-2130 <br />PURPOSE: To consider a proclamation recognizing January 31, 2008 as Orange County <br />Climate Change Awareness Day. <br />BACKGROUND: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concludes that <br />many natural systems are being affected by regional climate changes, particularly temperature <br />increases and increasing evidence associates changes in physical and biological systems with <br />human activities. Potential impacts of climate change range from species extinction, to rising <br />sea levels, to increased frequency and severity of droughts and to potentially disastrous impacts <br />on the availability of food and water in many regions. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached <br />proclamation recognizing January 31, 2008 as Orange County Climate Change Awareness Day. <br />