The World Resources Institute (via the Green blog) has done a study concluding that with a lot of heavy lifting, existing federal and state initiatives could come fairly close to achieving the United States» short - term climate goal, set by President Obama in
climate treaty talks last December, of a cut in emissions by 2020 to a level 17 percent below that measured in 2005:
Not exact matches
Last month, he attended the
climate -
treaty talks in Bali as part of a small delegation representing 200 scientists who signed a declaration pressing negotiators to commit to preventing the global temperature from rising more than 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit above where it is now (roughly 59 degrees).
During
last year's round of
climate treaty talks, in Lima, Peru, a statement issued by the Global Fire Monitoring Center underscored the need to address global vegetation fires in the context of
climate change, referring to the work of 58 scientists who evaluated the global state of fire between 1993 and 2014.
Did you say
last night that one thing you'll be pushing for [at upcoming
climate -
treaty talks] in Bali is a component for doing a lot more on R&D?
Emission reduction policies announced by President Barack Obama
last week could indicate the extent to which the US will commit to the new UN global
climate treaty, according to experts tracking the
talks.