New Climate Action Report: U.S. Can Reach Its Emissions-Reduction Goal, but Only with Ambitious Action

Thursday, the Obama Administration released the sixth U.S. Climate Action Report (CAR6) for public review, to be submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in January 2014.  The report, which all developed countries are required to complete, outlines U.S. historical and future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, actions the country is taking to address climate change, and its vulnerability to climate change impacts.  This report follows the President’s recently announced Climate Action Plan, which, as the CAR6 report shows, could enable the United States to meet its international commitment of reducing emissions 17% below 2005 levels by 2020—if it acts ambitiously, that is.

New Climate Action Report: U.S. Can Reach Its Emissions-Reduction Goal, but Only with Ambitious Action