President Biden Announces 2035 Climate Target

On December 19, 2024, President Biden announced new climate targets for the United States: a 61-66 percent reduction in economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by 2035.

On December 19, 2024, President Biden announced a new climate target for the United States: a 61-66 percent reduction in economy-wide net greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by 2035. Achievement of this 2035 goal would keep the United States on a straight line or steeper path to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, economy-wide, by no later than 2050. 

The United States submitted the new 2035 goal as its updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) under the Paris Agreement.