Effort of various countries in reducing of green house gases
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Smart solutions to reduce emissions
In order to effectively address global warming, we must significantly reduce the amount of heat-trapping emissions we are putting into the atmosphere.
The good news is that we have the technology and practical solutions at hand to accomplish it.
As individuals, we can help by taking action to reduce our personal carbon emissions. But to fully address the threat of global warming, we must demand action from our elected leaders to support and implement a comprehensive set of climate solutions:
Expand the use of renewable energy and transform our energy system to one that is cleaner and less dependent on coal and other fossil fuels.Increase vehicle fuel efficiency and support other solutions that reduce U.S. oil use.Place limits on the amount of carbon that polluters are allowed to emit.Build a clean energy economy by investing in efficient energy technologies, industries, and approaches.Reduce tropical deforestation and its associated global warming emissions.
The Clean Power Plan: a climate game change
Until now, power plants have been allowed to dump unlimited amounts of carbon pollution into the atmosphere — no rules were in effect that limited their emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global warming. Now, for the first time, the EPA has finalized new rules, or standards, that will reduce carbon emissions from power plants. Known as the Clean Power Plan, these historic standards represent the most significant opportunity in years to help curb the growing consequences of climate change.
International climate negotiations
Global warming is a global issue. Strong U.S. action and leadership is critical, but so too are international efforts that work toward reducing emissions worldwide.
To support this effort, UCS regularly sendspolicy experts, scientists, and climate economists to international climate treaty negotiations, including the 2015 Paris climate summit.
The Paris meeting, also known as COP21, is the annual gathering of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC).
A national blueprint for a clean energy economy
We can make the transition to a clean energy economy today, while protecting our climate, saving consumers money, and putting Americans back to work. What we need is a set of smart, practical policies to jump-start this transition without delay and maximize the benefits to our environment and econom
Building support for national climate policies
Extreme heat, drought, storms, and other weather disasters are increasingly fueled by climate change and affect everyone regardless of political affiliation. To address global warming, policy makers must find bipartisan solutions that substantially reduce heat-trapping emissions.
Taking climate action can bring significant benefits to the United States, and the economic facts clearly support U.S. action to curb global warming emissions — including the prohibitive costs of doing nothing. An effective national climate policy must include several key elements; one effective approach would be a well-designed cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions.
In July 2013, President Obama outlined a national climate action plan that focuses on several specific ways to reduce emissions. Given the current political situation in Washington, it is unlikely that any broader national climate policies will emerge from Congress in the near-term future — continued and growing public demand for climate action will be essential to enact effective global warming solutions in the years to come.
State and regional climate policies
Several states and regions have already established climate policies aimed at curbing global emissions, notably in California and the Northeast. Learn more about these policies — and what you can do to help support them — in these regional pages:
We Need Your Support
to Make Change Happen
We can reduce global warming emissions and ensure communities have the resources they need to withstand the effects of climate change—but not without you. Your generous support helps develop science-based solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future.
In order to effectively address global warming, we must significantly reduce the amount of heat-trapping emissions we are putting into the atmosphere.
The good news is that we have the technology and practical solutions at hand to accomplish it.
As individuals, we can help by taking action to reduce our personal carbon emissions. But to fully address the threat of global warming, we must demand action from our elected leaders to support and implement a comprehensive set of climate solutions:
Expand the use of renewable energy and transform our energy system to one that is cleaner and less dependent on coal and other fossil fuels.Increase vehicle fuel efficiency and support other solutions that reduce U.S. oil use.Place limits on the amount of carbon that polluters are allowed to emit.Build a clean energy economy by investing in efficient energy technologies, industries, and approaches.Reduce tropical deforestation and its associated global warming emissions.
The Clean Power Plan: a climate game change
Until now, power plants have been allowed to dump unlimited amounts of carbon pollution into the atmosphere — no rules were in effect that limited their emissions of carbon dioxide, the primary driver of global warming. Now, for the first time, the EPA has finalized new rules, or standards, that will reduce carbon emissions from power plants. Known as the Clean Power Plan, these historic standards represent the most significant opportunity in years to help curb the growing consequences of climate change.
International climate negotiations
Global warming is a global issue. Strong U.S. action and leadership is critical, but so too are international efforts that work toward reducing emissions worldwide.
To support this effort, UCS regularly sendspolicy experts, scientists, and climate economists to international climate treaty negotiations, including the 2015 Paris climate summit.
The Paris meeting, also known as COP21, is the annual gathering of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nation’s Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC).
A national blueprint for a clean energy economy
We can make the transition to a clean energy economy today, while protecting our climate, saving consumers money, and putting Americans back to work. What we need is a set of smart, practical policies to jump-start this transition without delay and maximize the benefits to our environment and econom
Building support for national climate policies
Extreme heat, drought, storms, and other weather disasters are increasingly fueled by climate change and affect everyone regardless of political affiliation. To address global warming, policy makers must find bipartisan solutions that substantially reduce heat-trapping emissions.
Taking climate action can bring significant benefits to the United States, and the economic facts clearly support U.S. action to curb global warming emissions — including the prohibitive costs of doing nothing. An effective national climate policy must include several key elements; one effective approach would be a well-designed cap-and-trade program for carbon emissions.
In July 2013, President Obama outlined a national climate action plan that focuses on several specific ways to reduce emissions. Given the current political situation in Washington, it is unlikely that any broader national climate policies will emerge from Congress in the near-term future — continued and growing public demand for climate action will be essential to enact effective global warming solutions in the years to come.
State and regional climate policies
Several states and regions have already established climate policies aimed at curbing global emissions, notably in California and the Northeast. Learn more about these policies — and what you can do to help support them — in these regional pages:
We Need Your Support
to Make Change Happen
We can reduce global warming emissions and ensure communities have the resources they need to withstand the effects of climate change—but not without you. Your generous support helps develop science-based solutions for a healthy, safe, and sustainable future.
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