Dear John,
Today, we congratulate President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their historic win.
We, along with our networks of hundreds of investors and companies, stand ready to work with the new administration to build back better from Covid-19, advance a more equitable, just and sustainable future, and welcome the U.S. back into the global Paris Agreement.
Today’s election results are a win for our health, our planet, our economy and our future. We now have a new President-elect and Vice President-elect that believe in science and facts, and that will bring bold new leadership and change.
But we have a lot to accomplish, and need you to stand with us!
Together, we will work urgently to achieve a net-zero emissions future and limit average global temperature rise to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. As the second largest greenhouse gas emitter in the world, the U.S. will need to cut emissions nearly in half by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2040, at least a decade sooner than our original goals, in order to make up for the lack of federal climate action over the last four years.
We now look forward to declaring, ‘We Are Back In’ the Paris Agreement, as one of the first steps the Biden administration can take to get us back on track. As a co-founder of the We Are Still In coalition in 2017, Ceres has helped to mobilize nearly 4,000 leaders from across the country—including thousands of investors and companies—to keep our commitment to the accord’s goals. |
For decades, Ceres has brought together the largest institutional investors and Fortune 500 companies to advocate for science-based climate action and policies. As just one example of our growing movement, last May we brought together more than 300 businesses for Lead on Climate 2020—the largest business-led advocacy day ever calling for climate action. And, the largest global investor engagement initiative, Climate Action 100+, of which Ceres is a founding partner, has grown to include investors with more than $47 trillion in assets.
We are more committed than ever before to accelerate the clean energy transition that is well underway.
But we need YOU and your support right now. |
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Together, we will work with the new administration to drive forward ambitious, bipartisan, economy-wide climate solutions. Read my full statement here. |
