Biden unveils new US emissions targets: comment

Comment on new US emissions targets

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By Gareth Redmond-King

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Commenting on the news that Joe Biden has announced new targets for the US’s greenhouse gas emissions for the next decade [1] Gareth Redmond-King, Head of International Programme at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) said:

"This is great ambition for the next four years, given who is taking office; it would have been better if this had been the sort of level set for 2030, which would align it with 1.5°. But over the next four years, we’re likely to see states, cities, companies, organisations and citizens in the US step up and say that they’re still in the Paris Agreement. So if they make progress towards delivering this NDC, then they will ensure Trump fails again this time around, as he failed last time to slow climate action or disrupt international climate talks."


Notes to editors:

1. Biden declares tougher 2035 emissions targets weeks before Trump return: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/19/biden-carbon-dioxide-emissions  

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