basically it’s just symbolic- they aren’t going to sign any agreement or pact- but they WILL force their state to ‘observe the draconian rules and regulations’ of the original paris climate treaty- technically they can say they aren’t in the agreement when in actuality and for all intents and purposes, they are- NY Washington i believe, and a few other states are going to do the same damn thing- they and their lawyers WILL find a way to enforce the regulations without actually being in the agreement
They can lawyerly browbeat most in the state into following the bogus rules as the cost of fighting the state will exceed the compliance cost. But if Google, Apple, etc. are getting dinged big time for all the energy used in their massive server farms they CAN afford to fight Sacramento. They’ve got more ready cash than Moonbeam’s team. And better lawyers.