Net-zero United States 2025
The quest to mitigate climate change will be a major driver of the U.S. and global economies throughout the 21st century. Reducing net carbon emissions to zero, and thus keeping global warming to about 2EC of pre-industrial levels, is estimated to require investment of more than $74 trillion.
Tasked with guiding carbon reduction within the transportation, industrial, business, and residential infrastructure, cities, states, and federal agencies are the heart of climate change mitigation. Net-Zero United States 2025 provides the data and analysis to understand the scope of this challenge and pathways that will be taken to guide the quest of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Many cities and states as well as the federal government have already set goals and made commitments to achieve net-zero. Net-Zero United States 2025 lists these commitments and profiles some of the programs that are considered among the best. Communities that have already achieved or are approaching net-zero are also profiled.
Net-Zero United States 2025 is an essential reference for research on climate change and mitigation solutions. It is useful as a data source for economic analysis, city management, strategic planning, and research projects as well as understanding the scope of challenges and solutions that encompass climate change mitigation.
- PART I: CLIMATE CHANGE
- 1 CLIMATE CHANGE
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 Causes of Climate Change
- 1.3 Effects Of Climate Change
- 1.4 Health Impact
- 1.5 Resources
- 2 NET ZERO
- 2.1 Definition
- 2.2 United Nations Initiatives
- 2.3 Cost to Achieve Net Zero
- 2.4 Resources
- 3 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
- 3.1 Total Emissions
- 3.2 Emissions By Sector
- 3.3 Resources
- 4 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS - CITIES
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 U.S. Cities Ranked by Total Emissions
- 4.3 U.S. Cities Ranked by Per Capita Emissions
- 4.4 References
- 5 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS - STATES
- 5.1 Overview
- 5.2 Total Emissions by State
- 5.3 Per Capita Emissions by State
- 5.4 Distribution by Sector
- 5.5 Resources
- 6 ABATEMENT STRATEGIES
- 6.1 Technologies to Cut CO2 Emissions
- 6.2 Decarbonization Plans
- 6.3 Areas for Increased Effort
- PART II: CLIMATE ACTION PLANS
- 7 U.S. STRATEGY TO NET ZERO
- 7.1 U.S. National Goals
- 7.2 Federal Investments
- 7.3 Federal Sustainability Plan
- 7.4 U.S. Long-Term Strategy To Net Zero
- 7.5 Strategies to 2030
- 7.6 Strategies to Net-Zero 2050
- 7.7 Resources
- 8 CITY CLIMATE ACTION PLANS
- 8.1 Enacted Plans
- 8.2 Plans Under Development
- 8.3 Resources
- 9 CITY PROFILES
- 9.1 Overview
- 9.2 Aspen, CO
- 9.3 Bloomfield, IA
- 9.4 Boston, MA
- 9.5 Boulder, CO
- 9.6 Cambridge, MA
- 9.7 Denver, Colorado
- 9.8 Hunters Point - Cortez, FL
- 9.9 Lancaster, CA
- 9.10 Las Vegas, NV
- 9.11 Menlo Park, CA
- 9.12 Montpelier, VT
- 9.13 Resources
- 10 STATE CLIMATE ACTION PLANS
- 10.1 Overview
- 10.2 State Climate Action Plans
- 10.3 Priority Climate Action Plans
- 10.4 State-by-State
- 10.5 Resources
- 11 STATE MANDATES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
- 11.1 Overview
- 11.2 State-by-State
- PART III: ALLIANCES & INITIATIVES
- 12 AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR AN ENERGY-EFFICIENT ECONOMY
- 12.1 ACEEE Scorecards
- 12.2 State Energy Efficiency Rankings
- 12.3 City Energy Efficiency Rankings
- 13 C40 CITIES CLIMATE LEADERSHIP GROUP
- 13.1 Overview
- 13.2 U.S. Member Cities
- 14 CARBON NEUTRAL CITIES ALLIANCE
- 14.1 Overview
- 14.2 U.S. Member Cities
- 15 MAYORS CLIMATE PROTECTION AGREEMENT
- 15.1 United States Conference of Mayors Initiative
- 15.2 Signatories
- 16 UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE CITIES
- 16.1 UN Sustainable Development Goals
- 16.2 Sustainable Cities Index
- 16.3 Resources
- 17 UNITED STATES CLIMATE ALLIANCE
- 17.1 Overview
- 17.2 Member States
- APPENDIX A - ONLINE RESOURCES
- APPENDIX B - ORGANIZATIONS
- REFERENCES
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