What has the US done since COP26?

Ahead of the 27th United Nations Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in November, the United States is pledging its commitment to climate change toward the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5. is being carried out smoothly. Celsius.

“Glasgow was just the beginning of a decade of ambition, action and innovation, and we are looking to COP27,” President Biden said at the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in June. said. “We look forward to it and must remain committed to meeting our existing goals and making additional efforts to boost our progress.”

Last year, the United States supported COP26’s climate commitments in important ways.

Tackle the climate crisis at home

The US government will pass the biggest climate bill in history in 2022.

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will help reduce US carbon emissions by 40% by 2030 and reach net zero emissions by 2050. The law will allow the US to meet Biden’s goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half (about 1 gigatonne per year). — Reach net zero emissions by 2030 and by 2050.

This is largely due to the $369 billion investment that will help the US private sector install 950 million solar panels, 120,000 wind turbines and 2,300 grid-scale battery plants.

The IRA also includes ambitious actions to accelerate the introduction of zero-emission vehicles, help decarbonize buildings and industries, and tackle emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.

The US Senate recently moved to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer. The Kigali Amendment calls for reductions in the consumption and production of hydrofluorocarbons, greenhouse gases. Implementing the amendments worldwide could prevent 0.5 degrees Celsius of warming by the end of the century, the US State Department said.

Ratification of the amendments will support 33,000 new U.S. manufacturing jobs and $12.5 billion in new investment in the U.S. economy over the next decade for U.S. manufacturers to develop green hydrofluorocarbon alternatives. produce.

help countries around the world

Additionally, Mr. Biden continues to work with Congress on the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE), which he announced at COP26.

PREPARE is a government-wide effort to help more than 500 million people in developing countries adapt to the impacts of climate change by 2030, jointly coordinated by the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development. In September, the White House released his PREPARE Action Plan (PDF, 417KB). It details the priorities and efforts 19 federal agencies are taking to implement his PREPARE.

With a particular focus on Africa, the Department of State is working with partners to put early warnings and climate information into people’s hands to make communities more resilient. The State Department also helps countries and communities “weatherproof” their infrastructure, water, health and food systems.

At COP26, the United States and the European Union launched a global methane pledge to reduce anthropogenic methane emissions by at least 30% from 2020 levels by 2030. The United States is also leading efforts to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas methane by more than 80 times. Stronger than CO2. This is the fastest way to cool the world and is essential to keeping warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, the State Department said.

Other recent US-led initiatives and partnerships include:

• The Green Shipping Challenge, led in partnership with Norway, has called on states, ports and private companies to announce new initiatives that will help put the shipping sector on a path in line with the 1.5 degree target.
• The First Movers Coalition is a new platform for companies to create early markets for innovative clean energy technologies that are key to tackling the climate crisis.