New analysis from the America Is All In coalition finds that an “all-of-society” strategy can reduce GHG emissions 52% by 2030, meeting the United States’ climate goals. The analysis — conducted with experts at WRI — reflects that the U.S. federal government cannot achieve transformative climate action alone, but neither can states, cities or business. There is no time to lose: The U.S. must work rapidly, equitably and together to achieve U.S. climate targets. Read more.

Last week at Climate Week NYC, 56 members of the Cities4Forests initiative, including mayors and city leaders called for governments, companies and financial institutions to ramp up support for better forest protections and management. Most people don’t think of cities when they think about protecting forests, but deforestation’s impacts — such as increased water pollution, wildfire smoke and the spread of diseases — affect people in cities. Cities can also play a valuable role in conserving forests within their borders. Read more. 

There was noteworthy climate progress at the UN General Assembly and Climate Week NYC last week: China pledged to stop building new coal power plants overseas and the United States announced it will double its previous climate finance pledge, bringing the total to $11.4 billion. But, there is much more countries need to do to shift the trajectory on emissions. So what’s next? November’s climate summit (COP26) is the next chance for countries to make progress toward ambitious and more equitable climate action.
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