White House unveils new climate goals weeks before Trump's return

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% : In a call with reporters, Biden's global climate envoy John Podesta acknowledged that while Trump "may put climate action on the back burner," he remained confident in the private sector and state and local governments to drive progress.
50% : Even if Trump withdraws the United States from the Paris Agreement on his first day back, the process takes a year.
50% : In the meantime, his administration could revise or simply ignore the US NDC -- the voluntary pledge underpinning Washington's climate commitments to the United Nations.
44% : Neil Makaroff, an analyst at the Strategic Perspectives think tank specializing in climate transition, said the European Union is "behind schedule" in presenting its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) and is "unlikely to fit into the UN timetable".Market trends and falling renewable energy costs may limit backsliding under Trump, but Cleetus cautioned against complacency, highlighting concerns about fossil fuel expansion.

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