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New US vehicles must be electric by 2030 to meet climate goals – report
(The Guardian, 11 Mar 2021) Joe Biden needs ‘visionary target’ of cutting US emissions by 60% over 2005 levels.
The US should ensure almost all new cars and light vehicles sold are electric by the end of this decade, and stop using fossil fuels for power generation by 2035, to cut greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris agreement, a new analysis has found.
Joe Biden, the US president, should aim for a national target of cutting emissions by about 60% by 2030, compared with 2005 levels, for the world to have a good chance of holding global temperature rises within 1.5C of pre-industrial levels, according to Climate Action Tracker (CAT).
Such a target would be substantially tougher than the halving of emissions by 2030, compared with 2005 levels, that many US civil society groups have espoused.
Biden’s top advisers are working on a national plan for emissions cuts, called a nationally determined contribution, or NDC – a requirement of the Paris agreement. John Kerry, Biden’s climate chief, is expected to unveil the plan at a US-led climate summit on 22 April.
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The Guardian, 11 Mar 2021: New US vehicles must be electric by 2030 to meet climate goals – report
