We estimate that approximately 53% of residents in the US live either in a state that has adopted goals in line with Paris Climate Agreement or in a city that has. Together these cities and states generate about 40% of US CO2 emissions. On June 1st President Trump announced the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement. The days since […]
Video: How Could Paris Climate Talks Ratchet Up To Success?
How could the UN climate talks in Paris next month ratchet up the national plans (INDCs) and succeed in limiting global warming? Drew Jones of Climate Interactive presents scenarios from the C-ROADS simulation and explores how far these contributions get us, and what more is needed to keep warming to within 2° Celsius (3.6°F) of temperature […]
Breaking Analysis: US-China Climate Deal to Avoid 640 Billion Tons of Carbon Pollution
New commitments from China and the US could keep a significant 640 gigatons of CO2 out of the atmosphere Today the world’s attention is turning to the announcement of new climate commitments by the US and China. Using our global climate simulation C-ROADS, we have calculated the impact of the new commitments on the climate. […]
Two Myths: Let’s Level off Emissions & Reverse Climate Change
Suggesting that we can reverse climate change or that it’ll be okay because we’re leveling off emissions is thinking that doesn’t reflect the real dynamics of our world. CO2 lasts in the atmosphere for lifetimes, meaning we are already locked in to some amount of climate change. If we were to just level off our […]