Biden’s immediate climate agenda

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is promising to create a carbon neutral economy by 2050, reversing many of Donald Trump’s executive orders


Rejoin Paris Climate Agreement
Only requires letter to UN, takes effect 30 days later

Climate summit
Assemble global leaders to press big industrial nations to cut greenhouse gas emissions further

Energy
Revoke Trump’s rollbacks, like executive order to all federal agencies to dismantle climate policies

Link climate to aid relief 
Include clean energy provisions in new economic stimulus measures

Executive orders to cut emissions
Methane limits for oil and gas wells. Reinstate fuel economy standards, tighten efficiency standards for appliances and buildings

Financial regulations
Require public companies to disclose climate change-related financial risks and greenhouse gas emissions

Fossil fuels
Restrict offshore energy exploration and production. Halt Keystone XL pipeline intended to transport crude from Canada’s oil sands

Green jobs
Has pledged $2 trillion for green economy in first four-year term. Measures include building charging stations for electric vehicles, and energy efficient housing

Prioritise environment law
Create advisory board to coordinate policies across agencies, and increase pollution monitoring in vulnerable communities

Restore wildlife areas
Reverse Trump’s “assault on America’s national treasures” like cuts to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase- Escalante monuments, and opening up parts of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
to oil exploration
 
 
Sources: New York Times, Reuters
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