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Brown signed legislation this week committing California — the fifth largest economy in the world — to 100 percent clean electricity by 2045.

He also penned an executive order mandating net-zero carbon emissions throughout the state’s economy by 2045.

“That is the most ambitious goal of anywhere in the world,” he told AFP.

Brown had tough words for Trump, who yanked the US out of the landmark Paris Agreement and is trying to rescind California’s right to set its own vehicle emissions standard.

His actions “border not only on insanity, but on criminality,” he told journalists.

“Liar, criminal, fool — take your choice,” he added when asked what Trump’s environmental legacy would be.

Bloomberg, who leads the C40 climate-centered coalition of big city mayors, noted many of the policies affecting carbon pollution are local.

“In the US, the decisions that have the most influence over greenhouse gas emissions are not made by the federal government,” he said. – ‘Fight for our life’ –

“They are made by mayors and governors who want to deliver cheaper energy, more jobs and cleaner air. And by CEOs, who want to save money on energy costs and capitalize on new business opportunities.”

Entertainment and electronics giant Sony Corporation committed this week to running its global operations only with renewable energy, joining more than 140 multinationals — three-quarters of them having pledged to do so before 2030.

“This is part of our ‘Road to Zero’ initiative to eliminate our environmental footprint,” said Sony President and CEO Kenichiro Yoshida.

Also on Thursday, more than two dozen cities that are home to 54 million people announced that their greenhouse gas emissions had peaked.

Scientists have calculated that global emissions need to peak by 2020 to avoid the worst ravages of global warming, including deadly heatwaves, droughts and rising sea levels.

“The transition to a net-zero economy is the growth story of the century,” Stern said. “There is not long-run high carbon story.”

At least one head of state at the conference has followed suit.

“We are in a fight for our own existence,” said Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley.

“It is for that reason that we have set 2030 as the target for us to have a fossil fuel free economy.”

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