由于对向低碳经济转型的影响以及不作为的后果缺乏了解，国家的气候雄心受到了阻碍。在对过渡影响、融资需求以及低碳政策实施的体制和政治限制的合理担忧中，知识和分析技能差距阻碍了各国在符合全球目标的气候和环境目标方面提高必要的雄心。在本技术说明中，我们介绍了绿色经济模式，旨在同时提高人们对复杂的气候、环境和社会经济联系的理解；为决策者提供适当的政策制定工具；帮助缩小协调差距，建设低碳政策制定的技术能力。它是当地决策者、专家和学者了解使用GEM进行绿色经济政策分析的模型结构和考虑因素的实用指南。
经过几十年的无所作为，世界终于开始解决如何支付帮助发展中国家社区应对气候危机影响所需的不断增加的成本。但这些社区将如何获得资金的问题仍然是一个悬而未决的问题。
If we are to prevent the most dangerous impacts of climate change, the world must make massive emissions cuts in coming years while also bolstering the ability of communities and ecosystems to adapt. But how will we know if we’re making sufficient progress or falling short? And how will we know where we should head? , This is where the Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement comes in.
In 2020, Joe Biden ran for president on the most ambitious climate action platform of any major presidential candidate in U.S. history. As President Biden reaches the midway point of his first term in office, it’s time to take stock of what his administration has accomplished, what is still a work in progress, and what is off track. , In 2021, with Biden’s signature Build Back Better legislation stalled in Congress, I graded the administration’s overall climate performance “incomplete.” Fortunately, with a new name and moderate revisions to its climate policy features, Biden was able to sign the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August 2022, raising his overall climate grade to a strong A-. But he will need to stay focused and implement superbly to maintain, and hopefully further improve, his grade.
The past few years have seen ambitious, game-changing climate action from the United States. The Biden administration set a goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050, and recent legislation — including the Inflation Reduction Act, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and a newly proposed EPA regulation to supercharge EV adoption — puts the U.S. within striking distance of its target., But securing enough critical minerals to support a nationwide low-carbon transition poses a serious challenge.
