While President Donald Trump chose to withdraw the U.S. from the global Paris Agreement, a coalition of 17 U.S. governors committed to upholding the agreement recently announced a wave of initiatives to accelerate and scale up climate action. The U.S. Climate Alliance pledged to accelerate climate action in 2018 through the following actions:
The U.S. Climate Alliance has made substantial progress toward the implementation of its commitment to uphold its share the Paris Agreement. Sixteen states and Puerto Rico continue to be on track to collectively meet their share of the U.S. climate target to reduce emissions by 26 to 28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025.