In case you missed it, we published a blog series that breaks down our latest research paper, “Prioritizing American Interests: A New Strategy for Global Decarbonization." In each blog, Senior Vice President of Policy and Research Catrina Rorke unpacks a key area in the paper. Our latest blog explores the opportunity that the Unites States has to invest in low carbon infrastructure.

Stay tuned for our final blog in the series on diversifying critical supply chains!

By Catrina Rorke

In this blog, we’ll unpack one of the core challenges mentioned in our latest paper, Prioritizing American Interests: 

As U.S. emissions fall, global emissions continue to rise. 

This trajectory is tied largely to rising emissions in the developing world, which are expected to double by mid-century. In fact, if the Global South—covering most of Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Oceania—continues its current economic and emissions trends, any reductions achieved by the U.S. and other advanced economies could be eclipsed by rising emissions from emerging markets. Even if China, India, and other BRICS nations meet their pledges under the Paris Accord, global emissions may only drop by 8%...

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