Few countries are meeting the Paris climate goals. Here are the ones that are.
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US climate action grows stronger despite the announcement to leave Paris Agreement
Across the country, US leaders and citizens are working to ensure the nation still fulfills its climate targets under the accord
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Across the country, businesses have doubled down on their pledges to climate action, recognizing that clean energy technologies translate to better business and more American jobs. Today, half of all Fortune 500 companies have set climate or clean energy goals, and the clean energy economy employs more than 3.3 million Americans—a number that’s expected to double in the next ten years.
Subnational leaders, meanwhile, have stepped up their climate action: buying more renewable energy to help clean up our electric grid, setting science-based climate targets consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and enacting carbon pricing policies. In doing so, these new American leaders are signaling a deepening commitment to public health and safety.
Because of these crucial investments, energy-related carbon emissions in the US fell to their lowest levels in 25 years in 2017 , which was the third consecutive year that they fell below 2005 levels.
Last year also marked the fifth year of the last six where approximately half of new electric power capacity added to the grid in the US came from wind and solar.
“One of the greatest drivers of this progress is the irreversible transformation of the electricity sector towards cleaner, renewable energy, led in large part by American businesses and local leaders,” said Leonard. “ These leaders—the vanguard of a new American energy revolution—are demonstrating their ability to help achieve US climate targets under the Paris Agreement, despite what’s happening in Washington, DC.”
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/
US climate action grows stronger despite the announcement to leave Paris Agreement
Across the country, US leaders and citizens are working to ensure the nation still fulfills its climate targets under the accord
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/us-clim...-agreement
Across the country, businesses have doubled down on their pledges to climate action, recognizing that clean energy technologies translate to better business and more American jobs. Today, half of all Fortune 500 companies have set climate or clean energy goals, and the clean energy economy employs more than 3.3 million Americans—a number that’s expected to double in the next ten years.
Subnational leaders, meanwhile, have stepped up their climate action: buying more renewable energy to help clean up our electric grid, setting science-based climate targets consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and enacting carbon pricing policies. In doing so, these new American leaders are signaling a deepening commitment to public health and safety.
Because of these crucial investments, energy-related carbon emissions in the US fell to their lowest levels in 25 years in 2017 , which was the third consecutive year that they fell below 2005 levels.
Last year also marked the fifth year of the last six where approximately half of new electric power capacity added to the grid in the US came from wind and solar.
“One of the greatest drivers of this progress is the irreversible transformation of the electricity sector towards cleaner, renewable energy, led in large part by American businesses and local leaders,” said Leonard. “ These leaders—the vanguard of a new American energy revolution—are demonstrating their ability to help achieve US climate targets under the Paris Agreement, despite what’s happening in Washington, DC.”
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/us-clim...-agreement
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