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6 Words to Describe the US Pledge to Reduce Emissions 50-52% by 2030

  • NDC
  • National Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP26
President Biden walking down a hallway with flags from different nations on both sides of him.
  • NDC
  • National Climate Action
  • Climate
  • climate policy
  • GHG emissions
  • climatewatch-pinned
  • COP26
Initiatives

New Climate Economy

Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.

How Do New 2050 Climate Strategies from Canada, Mexico and the US Stack Up?

  • Climate
  • COP22
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
From left to right: President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Barack Obama
  • Climate
  • COP22
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

What’s Next? EU, US and Colombia Show They’re Moving Forward with the Paris Agreement

  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Going Green Conference
  • International Climate Action
  • Energy
  • COP21
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

Andrew Steer Makes the Case for Paris Talks in Congressional Testimony

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
WRI President and CEO Dr. Andrew Steer testifies before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Insights

What Do Top Emitters' Greenhouse Gas Targets Mean for Emissions? It’s Not Always Clear

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Wind turbines
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

Seizing the Paris Moment

  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Paris, France
  • International Climate Action
  • COP21
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

4 Reasons Why the US Can and Should Reduce its Emissions Now

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Installing solar panels. Photo by Dennis Schroeder/Department of Energy
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • GHG emissions
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

What the U.S.-Brazil Joint Statement on Climate Change Means for the World

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
President Dilma Rousseff. Photo by Roberto Stuckert Filho/PR
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • renewable energy
  • UNFCCC
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • NDC
  • international climate policy

Canada, EU, Japan and US Post-2020 GHG Emissions Targets: Estimated Emissions Reductions Relative to Different Base Years

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • NDC
  • international climate policy

10 Steps to Achieve the US Emissions-Reduction Target

  • International Climate Action
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • NDC
  • power plants
Coal-fired power plant in Fayette County, Texas. Photo by Larry D. Moore/Wikimedia Commons
  • International Climate Action
  • GHG emissions
  • climate change
  • U.S. policy
  • NDC
  • power plants

California Sleepwalks into Water Crisis

  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • natural resources
  • U.S. policy
  • Freshwater
  • water risk
California's drought has dragged on for four years. Photo by Yana Edwin Murphy/Flickr
  • Aqueduct
  • drought
  • natural resources
  • U.S. policy
  • Freshwater
  • water risk

US Has Bold Plan to Stall Climate Change

  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
Storm surge in Coburg, Pennsylvania. Photo by Tina Neale/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

US Climate Commitment Should Spur Other Countries to Act

  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
The United States committed to reduce emissions 26 to 28 percent by 2030. Photo by Walmart/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy

Mexico Becomes First Developing Country to Release New Climate Plan (INDC)

  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
Mexico committed to reduce its emissions by 22 percent from business-as-usual levels by 2030. Photo by Pulpolox/Flickr
  • International Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate change
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

STATEMENT: WRI Reacts to Mexico’s Proposed National Climate Commitment

  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC
  • NDC
  • international climate policy
  • UNFCCC

What to Look for in the New US Climate Plan (INDC)

  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • NDC
The US pledged to reduce its GHG emissions 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. (Los Angeles, California) Photo by Ben Amstutz/Flickr.
  • International Climate Action
  • Climate
  • Paris Agreement
  • NDC

Tar Sands Threaten World’s Largest Boreal Forest

  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels
Canada’s boreal forests feature mountain ranges; forested plains, bogs, and peatlands; coniferous and mixed forests; and millions of waterways. Photo credit: Ken Owen, Flickr
  • deforestation
  • Forests
  • mapping
  • natural resources
  • fossil fuels

Ending the "Resource Curse": Canada Commits to Make Mining More Transparent

  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
  • Business
  • environmental democracy
  • extractive industries
  • natural resources
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset