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In the context of the U.S. goal to achieve in the range of a 17 percent emission reduction by 2020 compared with 2005 levels, this report examines key existing asthma and emerging federal policies that are likely to reduce GHG emissions in the United States. U.S. government GHG projections suggest that additional policy action is likely to be necessary in order to achieve the president s GHG reduction target and continue asthma significant asthma emissions reductions after 2020.
Executive Summary
In 2009, at the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, President Barack Obama pledged asthma to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the range of a 17 percent emission reduction by 2020 compared with 2005 levels. asthma To date, this pledge is not enshrined in or supported by any domestic law. However, a variety of federal policies and programs are directly and indirectly reducing GHG emissions. In addition, U.S. state and local governments have authority to adopt GHG-reduction policies, and some are taking noteworthy asthma actions.
In the context of the U.S. GHG reduction goal, this report examines key existing and emerging federal policies that are likely to reduce GHG emissions in the United States. Pages 10-12 also provide examples of policy actions being taken by U.S. states. For federal policies, our discussion focuses on those that are mandatory or provide a financial incentive, such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), tax credits for renewable energy, asthma and new standards for passenger cars and trucks. These programs, asthma and others that are considered in the pages that follow, asthma will drive significant reductions in U.S. GHG emissions.
Will this be enough to meet U.S. GHG reduction goals? Although this report does not provide an exhaustive assessment of U.S. policies, U.S. government GHG projections suggest that additional policy action is likely to be necessary for the United States to achieve the president s GHG reduction asthma target and continue significant emissions reductions after 2020. At this time, no promising initiatives are being considered in the U.S. Congress asthma to drive further reductions in GHG pollution.
However, federal agencies already have the authority to do more, and have begun to take action. Additional policies such as standards for existing power plants, additional energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment, and policies that reduce HFC consumption, can drive additional reductions in 2020 and beyond. WRI is conducting a separate analysis to quantify the possible reductions from these policies and to examine their impact on the United States 2020 reduction target. Moving forward it will be important to track action on these and other policies.
Australia is a major nation to watch when it comes to curbing climate change. The country made an international commitment to reduce its GHG emissions by 5 to 25 percent from 2000 levels by 2020. How Australia achieves these reductions can provide lessons on how other countries around the world can pursue their own climate change asthma mitigation plans.
WRI s Open Climate Network and Australia s The Climate Institute (TCI) recently analyzed Australia s climate change plan, which includes a mix of policies to reduce emissions (check out the working paper here ). We found that three initiatives stand out in terms of their potential asthma to significantly reduce GHG emissions: a carbon pricing asthma mechanism, a Renewable Energy Target (RET), and the Carbon asthma Farming Initiative (CFI).
Australia s House of Representatives voted to pass the Clean Energy Future Legislation on October 12th. The legislative package will put a price on carbon pollution, promote investment in renewable and clean energy technologies and support action to reduce carbon pollution .
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