Signatories of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change published the plans by February 10th. The US was compliant before Trump took office.
The February 10 deadline for the 195 Paris (Climate) agreement has been adapted to just 10 countries for the publication and submission of emission reduction plans to the United Nations.
It remains unclear why so many countries are not publishing reports on time.
When the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, member states agreed to work towards their goal of not exceeding 2 degrees Celsius at pre-industrial ERA levels.
According to the agreement, the best target is 1.5 degrees Celsius.
To hold signatories accountable, the transaction requires countries to list their efforts, measure their results, report their progress, and talk about further actions every five years.
The report is called Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). They include the pledges made by countries to meet the goals of the 2035 police officers (conference of parties to the Paris Agreement).
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The current NDC is scheduled to be considered at the police meeting in November.
Changes in direction
In line with President Donald Trump’s campaign promise, his new administration began the process of completely removing the United States from the Paris Agreement, as was done during his first term.
President Joe Biden rejoined the Paris Agreement in 2021.
The other nine countries were England, St. Lucia, Ecuador, Andorra, Uruguay, Switzerland, New Zealand, the United Arab Emirates and Brazil.
Two major developed countries, China and India, did not submit NDCs by the deadline.
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In September 2024, Climate Action Tracker (CAT), a continuous, independent analysis of how it responds to climate change, gave China and India an overall rating of “very inadequate.” Ta.
Cats rated the US response to climate change as “inadequate.”
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on February 10th at his elliptical office. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP Getty Images
Cat analysis shows that although the US has made progress under the Biden administration, “it’s far from achieving domestic climate goals, and it’s not just about adjusting emissions to 1.5 degrees Celsius trajectory.” I stated.
International cooperation
In 2023, under Biden’s leadership, the US officially adopted a COP policy pursuing net zero carbon emissions in the energy and transportation sector by 2050.
The Biden administration has declared its intention to decarbonise transportation, primarily by relying on electric vehicles. Planning critics call orders for electric vehicles.
The 2050 American timeline “is not compatible with the Paris Agreement,” Cat analysis said.
The IEA, which achieves the optimal target for COP by the turn of the century, says, “we will need an overall package of all Celsius paths and complementary behavior and integrity, so all of them need to be realized inclusively. ”.
The IEA Report highlighted the COP’s goals “the importance of ongoing multilateral cooperation in promoting implementation.”
It is not yet known how the US exit from the Paris Agreement will affect the situation.
Experts say it can take up to a year to quit a contract.
Trump approach
The transition from fossil fuels runs against the promised candidate Trump made on the campaign trail to increase US fossil fuel production to lower gasoline prices.
The IEA says another important leg is triple its renewable capacity by accelerating the deployment of low-emission technologies over the next five years.
Its purpose violates the Trump administration’s policies, which emphasize renewable energy sources such as windmills and solar farms.
Trump has also eliminated the so-called EV mandate.
According to CAT, the US is the world’s largest producer of crude oil, achieving record production in 2023. The country is also the world’s largest fossil gas producer and exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG).
In early 2024, the Biden administration placed a temporary suspension at the pending LNG export terminal.
Trump lifted the moratorium on January 20th, the first day of his second term.
