President Biden’s Paris Agreement was a U.S.
GHG reduction of 50-52% by 2030
in order to “set America on a path of net zero emissions economy by no later than 2050”
A 5/18/2021
report by IEA
(International Energy Agency) states
new investments in coal oil and gas
(beyond existing 2021 commitments in fossil fuel infrastructure) should stop
in order to meet a netzero by 2050 deadline.
Key readings on the IEA Report
The 10/8/2018
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) report
requires
halving GHG emissions by 2030
, in order to stave off the worst climate impacts
The 9/8/2021 IPCC
report-"Code Red ...Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible"