What America's New Climate Targets Mean for the World

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : New modeling after the U.S. presidential election from the University of Maryland's Center for Global Sustainability found that such nonfederal actions could add up to 54 to 62 percent emissions reductions by 2035 -- results that a senior administration official said "are reinforcing of the theory we've laid out here."
50% : "While the United States federal government under President Trump may put climate action on the back burner, the work to contain climate change is going to continue in the United States with commitment and passion and belief," Biden's top climate diplomat, John Podesta, said in a press call on Wednesday.
43% : Trump is expected to revoke some of the key tax credits that Biden put in place to incentivize consumers and businesses to embrace the clean energy transition.
41% : After Trump announced the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Agreement in 2017, China made headlines by continuing to back the agreement, and Chinese officials have signaled that their commitment will stand the test of another Trump withdrawal.
16% : Trump has dismissed climate change as a "hoax" and is widely expected to scrap existing climate policies and once again withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.
16% : Trump has dismissed climate change as a "hoax" and is widely expected to scrap existing climate policies and once again withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement.

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