{"id":11184,"date":"2022-01-19t15:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-01-19t15:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dpetrov.2create.studio\/planet\/wordpress\/u-s-not-on-track-to-achieve-bidens-climate-goals-data-finds\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07t19:39:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07t19:39:25","slug":"u-s-not-on-track-to-achieve-bidens-climate-goals-data-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.getitdoneaz.com\/story\/u-s-not-on-track-to-achieve-bidens-climate-goals-data-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"u.s. not on track to achieve biden&#8217;s climate goals, data finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><em>by cristobella&nbsp;durrette<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">washington \u2013 data on global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions released this week shows the united states is not on a path toward meeting president joe biden\u2019s ambitious climate change goals. the announcements come at the start of a year when the president\u2019s climate agenda will face multiple challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">according to russell vose, chief of climate monitoring at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration\u2019s national center for climate information,&nbsp; the u.s. is not on track to fulfill the objective laid out in the paris climate agreement.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">vose said that global temperatures could surpass 1.5 degrees celsius above pre-industrial levels\u2013\u2013the threshold to which the treaty aims to limit global warming\u2013\u2013at least once by the early 2030s and \u201calmost certainly\u201d by the 2040s.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">multiple global temperature reports for 2021 released on thursday concluded that while temperatures last year did not break any records, they continued a clear trend of global warming.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">separate assessments from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/press-release\/2021-tied-for-6th-warmest-year-in-continued-trend-nasa-analysis-shows\">nasa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noaa.gov\/news\/2021-was-worlds-6th-warmest-year-on-record\">noaa<\/a> and nonprofit research organization <a href=\"http:\/\/berkeleyearth.org\/global-temperature-report-for-2021\/\">berkeley earth<\/a> found that global temperatures measured approximately 1.1 to 1.2 degrees celsius&nbsp;above the pre-industrial average.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">annual temperature averages aren\u2019t the only measure of human impact on the planet\u2019s climate: u.s. greenhouse gas emissions also rose in 2021, according to an analysis released monday by the <a href=\"https:\/\/rhg.com\/research\/preliminary-us-emissions-2021\/\">rhodium group<\/a>. emissions last year increased 6.2% compared to 2020, pushing the u.s. even further off course from biden\u2019s targets for addressing climate change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">the consequences of these rising greenhouse gas emissions and global temperatures can be seen in extreme weather events at the local and regional level\u2013\u2013like the heat wave that baked the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2021\/07\/07\/pacific-northwest-heat-wave-climate\/\">pacific northwest last summer<\/a> or the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/interactive\/2021\/dixie-fire\/\"> dixie fire that devastated california<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cwe are seeing climate change today. this is not a future problem,\u201d said lesley ott, research meteorologist at nasa. \u201cwe know that if we want to protect our communities in the future, we have to do something about the root cause of climate change, which scientists know is human emission of greenhouse gasses.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">but biden faces a steep uphill climb to achieve his goal to lower emissions by 50-52% by 2030 and to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/10\/28\/president-biden-announces-the-build-back-better-framework\/\">build back better<\/a> act, which includes $555 billion for clean energy and climate investments, remains stalled in the senate after sen. joe manchin, d-w. va., said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/manchin-says-he-cannot-vote-for-build-back-better-ive-done-everything-humanly-possible\">he would not vote for the $1.7 trillion bill.<\/a> the supreme court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in february in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/case-files\/cases\/west-virginia-v-environmental-protection-agency\/\">a case <\/a>that could frustrate the biden administration\u2019s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants\u2013\u2013a contributor to climate change.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">and then there are this year\u2019s midterm elections, which are likely to shape lawmakers\u2019 conversations on climate policy ahead of races that place democrat\u2019s control of congress in jeopardy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cit definitely affects what they think is possible in congress,\u201d said carrie jenks, executive director of the environmental and energy law program at harvard law school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">the data released last week and similar warning reports alone are unlikely to push climate policy forward, said kevin book, managing director at clearview energy partners, llc.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cthere are times when data releases or big signal events from the scientific community can galvanize action, but they tend to be few and far between,\u201d book said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">book added that repeated amplification of new extremes found in data year after year can be desensitizing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cit starts to lose some of its impact. every new data point, rather than becoming more alarming, becomes more familiar in that context,\u201d book said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">biden will head to egypt for the next united nations climate summit in november, after pledging that the united states would slash carbon emissions by the end of the decade and encouraging other countries to do the same at last year\u2019s gathering in glasgow.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">yet, urging other countries to act on climate change when the u.s. fell short of its goals to address it could be difficult. roger karapin, professor of political science at hunter college, said he thinks the credibility of the u.s. and president biden \u201cis going to be dented.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201c(other countries) want the u.s. to succeed.\u201d karapin said. \u201cthey also want us to look reasonably good\u2026 so (biden) will just be kind of a dented and bruised leader at the next meeting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>cristobella durrette reports that data&nbsp;released last week shows that the 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