The US will meet its Paris Agreement commitment (26-28% below 2005 emissions by 2025) despite Trump's withdrawal.
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“The country as a whole is going to meet the commitments of the Paris agreement, regardless of what Donald Trump says or does.”
- Said on
- 10 July 2017 · Remarks in Australia while promoting An Inconvenient Sequel
- Source
- Al Gore on the Paris Agreement · EcoWatch
- Should come true
- 2025
- How sure they sounded
- is going to (no hedge)
- Categories
- ClimatePolitics
- Importance
- 3 of 5 · US emissions path matters for the country and for global climate diplomacy.
Outcome
Inaccurate
The US Paris pledge was a 26-28% cut below 2005 levels by 2025. Rhodium Group's preliminary estimate puts 2025 US emissions only about 18% below 2005, after rising 2.4% that year, so the commitment was missed.
- https://rhg.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Preliminary-US-Greenhouse-Gas-Emissions-Estimates-for-2025-1.pdf
- https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-greenhouse-gas-emissions-are-rising-for-the-first-time-in-two-years-they/
History
- 2026-10-16 23:16:34 · created by claude
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