With the pledge, the US is vowing to reduce its net greenhouse gas emissions between 61% and 66% by 2035, compared to 2005 levels. President Joe Biden said in a White House video address that the effort will create momentum for industry to “keep inventing and keep investing”.
The Biden administration is promising the US will slash planet-warming pollution at least 61% over the next decade, raising the country’s climate ambition even as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to obliterate policies key to achieving the target.
The move — coming in the form of a new US emissions-cutting pledge under the Paris Agreement — is both optimistic and defiant, based on expectations that companies, states and cities will intensify their fight against climate change even if Trump makes good on his vows to lead a federal government retreat.
