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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

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Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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California clean fuels rule reports 100% compliance in 2017

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It was originally developed to support a return to 1990 levels of climate-changing gases by 2020, as required by AB 32, the 2006 landmark climate bill. They were required to make up for their shortfall by purchasing credits from clean fuel providers. million metric tons of climate-changing gases.

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Georgia Tech study projects potential mixed impacts of climate change policies on air quality

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They used the EPA US 9-region national database (EPAUS9r) with the MARKet Allocation (MARKAL) energy system model to develop emissions scenarios and spectral nudging to downscale global climate to the regional scale over the US. The GISS ModelE2 provides the initial and boundary conditions to a regional climate model for the years 2006?2010

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Cleaner fuels have replaced more than 3B gallons of diesel under California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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billion gallons of petroleum diesel have been displaced by clean, low-carbon alternatives. CARB developed the program to help support a return to 1990 levels of climate-changing gases by 2020, as required by AB 32, the 2006 landmark climate bill. million metric tons of climate-changing gases.

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California Environmental Justice Advisory Committee launches series of statewide meetings

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The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32); Stats. 2006, chapter 488) created a comprehensive, multi-year program to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in California. The statewide meetings are being organized by the EJAC with the help of the ARB.

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MIT study finds air quality co-benefits of US carbon policies can significantly offset costs, depending upon the policy

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Air quality co-benefits are additional to climate benefits realized from reduced CO 2 emissions.). In a paper published in the journal Nature Climate Science , the MIT researchers took a systems-level approach to analyzing how climate policies influence air quality, focusing on US emissions of O 3 and PM 2.5

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US Climate Action Report to UN Projects 4% Growth in Total US GHG Emissions to 2020

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while the US GDP is projected to grow by 40%, according to the fifth National Communication on US climate change actions submitted by the US Department of State to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The United States released previous Climate Action Reports in 1994, 1997, 2002, and 2006.

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