When President Biden came into office, we were falling dramatically short of our climate ambitions, without a clear pathway to abundant supplies of stable and affordable clean energy, despite the best efforts of the Obama-Biden Administration to make significant headway. Too many people believed that...
The window for the US to get on track to hit its 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) target is closing. The new report shows that getting there requires immediate action across multiple sectors. However, achieving that goal would position the US we...
The 25-state US Climate Alliance — an initiative formed in 2017when former president Donald Trump pulled the nation out of theParis Agreement on climate change — said it is on track to cutgreenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 with a little help fromthe federal government.Initiated by ...
Joint action can still drive the US to its Paris goal This aggressive set of policies pursued as quickly as possible by federal agencies and climate-leading states can reduce US GHG emissions to 41-51% below 2005 levels in 2030, a 9-10 percentage point reduction beyond what the US is on...
Read our article,Climate Summit Results in Some Big Announcements. Perhaps most importantly, for the first time a "zero emissions" goal by 2050 gained traction, with over 100 countries adopting the target. Next Steps: By May, a draft of the international agreement will have been circulated and...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Climate-altering pollution from greenhouse gases declined by nearly 2% in the United States in 2023, even as the economy expanded at a faster clip, a new report finds. The decline, while “a step in the right direction,” is far below the rat...
the air pollution benefits of reaching climate goals by 2030 across counties and different demographic groups. Jordaan et al.38investigate the impact of countries using natural gas as a bridge fuel in energy transitions and highlight carbon mitigation opportunities, but do not investigate the equity...
TOKYO (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry was in Tokyo on Tuesday to discuss efforts to fight climate change with top Japanese officials ahead of a United Nations conference in November.
including the impact of our suppliers and clients. We believe these targets are important in the global effort to avoid the irreversible impacts of climate change. Cushman & Wakefield has had our emissions reduction targets validated by theScience Based Targets initiative (SBTi)External Linkas consiste...
The provisions in the IRA drive meaningful reductions in US greenhouse gas emissions, and at the same time, the IRA alone will not get the US on track to meeting its 2030 climate target of cutting emissions in half. However, it does lower the costs associated with additional action by the...