Former Climate Envoy Outlines Hopes For New U.S., China GHG Goals

September 25, 2024
Todd Stern, who served as the Obama administration’s climate envoy when the Paris Agreement was inked, is expecting that American officials in the coming months will issue an updated climate target under that deal that strives to curb greenhouse gas emissions by at least 60 percent by 2035. “I think we’ll see something up over 60 [percent], maybe it’ll be two-thirds in terms of cuts,” said Stern, now a senior fellow with the Brookings Institution, during a Sept. 25 event...


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