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Source: https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2022\/5\/31\/23148540\/us-behind-climate-change-goals-global-ranking<\/a>
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The US is doing a pretty horrible job of following through on promises it\u2019s made to tackle climate change, according to two separate new studies. A global ranking of countries completed by Yale and Columbia found that the US now ranks 43rd among 180 nations that Columbia and Yale evaluated in their most recent Environmental Performance Index<\/a> (EPI). That\u2019s a major plummet since the last time the researchers ranked countries in 2020, when the US was in 24th place.<\/p>\n

When it comes to climate indicators alone (the evaluation also considers countries\u2019 progress on other kinds of pollution and efforts to protect ecosystems), the US fell all the way to 101 from its previous spot at 15th place. The US\u2019s ranking was reported by The New York Times<\/em><\/a> today ahead of the full EPI scheduled to be released tomorrow. <\/p>\n

And despite President Joe Biden\u2019s commitments to eliminate enough pollution this decade to keep the world from careening into a much deeper climate crisis, a recent paper published in the journal Science<\/em><\/a> finds that the US is way off track from achieving its goals in reducing carbon emissions. It\u2019s going to take a monumental effort to transform the nation\u2019s power and transportation systems for the US to get on track.<\/p>\n

The latest EPI reflects the about-face in climate policies under Donald Trump between 2017 and 2019, The New York Times<\/em> reports. Trump rolled back dozens of environmental regulations while in office and pulled the US out of the landmark Paris climate agreement. The Paris accord commits nearly all of the world\u2019s nations to emissions reductions aimed at keeping global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius (measured as an increase against the pre-industrial era). Research shows a 2-degree Celsius increase would trigger devastating losses to ecosystems and the people who depend on them. <\/p>\n

Biden recommitted<\/a> the US to the Paris Agreement almost immediately after stepping into office. But since then, his efforts to pass legislation to move the US to clean energy more swiftly have been stymied<\/a> in Congress. Last year, Biden pledged to cut US carbon dioxide <\/strong>emissions by at least 50 percent<\/a> from 2005 levels by the end of the decade. That\u2019s in line with what\u2019s needed globally to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. <\/p>\n

But it\u2019s not in line with what\u2019s actually happening on the ground. Current policies are only projected to cut the US\u2019s energy emissions by between 6 and 28 percent by 2030, according to an analysis published last week in the journal Science<\/em>. <\/p>\n

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