U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement Task Force 

The City of Bozeman adopted the U. S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement on November 27, 2006.  The purpose of the U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement is for cities to take steps in reducing green house gas (GHG) emissions to 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012 and to implement local commitments for climate protection. Bozeman joins Missoula,Billings, and Helena along with 740 mayors representing 76 million Americans working towards climate protection.

The City of Bozeman has joined ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, which will provide the City with  the necessary software to begin a baseline emissions inventory of all city departments including city operations, land use, planning, solid waste, transportation, etc. More specifically, staff will work within the framework of the 2020 Community Growth Plan while measuring GHG's through the use of building codes, Energy Star appliances, bio-diesel fleets, landfill methane recovery, waste to energy technology, energy efficient traffic lights, employee energy conservation, recycling rates and more. In addition, the Climate Action Handbook prepared by the City of Seattle, the US Conference of Mayors, and ICLEI provides information on best practices in other cities which have adopted the proclamation.