EESI press release on the 2024 UN climate summit (COP29) outcomes.

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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) will hold a press conference on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, during the U.N. climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) at 1:30 p.m. local time in Baku (4:30 a.m. EST). Speakers will share observations of the negotiations and other key happenings at COP29 and what it means for climate action in the United States.

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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) will hold a press conference on Friday, November 15, during the U.N. climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan (COP29) at 3:30 p.m. local time in Baku (6:30 a.m. EST). Speakers will share observations of the negotiations and other key happenings at COP29 and what it means for climate action in the United States.

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"World leaders at COP28 have put us on course for decarbonized, clean energy by mid-century, which is essential to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5°C (2.7°F),” said Environmental and Energy Study Institute President Daniel Bresette. “The momentum for climate action is undeniable. The United States must demonstrate leadership by rapidly and fully implementing the Inflation Reduction Act and Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, enacting new policies, and making new investments in equitable climate solutions that match the ambition to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050."

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"We are rapidly running out of time to avert the most catastrophic consequences of climate change,” said Daniel Bresette, executive director of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI), in response to a U.N. report released today about climate mitigation. “But with an all-in approach that starts with the rapid deployment of available technologies, it is still possible to limit warming to 1.5°C.”

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"The report released today by the United Nations is unequivocal in its findings—climate change presents a grave threat to the health and wellbeing of everything on this planet and will require accelerated action to avoid the loss of life, biodiversity, and infrastructure," said Daniel Bresette, executive director of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI). "It makes crystal clear that there is an urgent need to cut our greenhouse gas emissions and prepare our communities to withstand the worsening impacts of climate change."

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"Now that the Paris Agreement rulebook is finalized, these plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must be implemented with the urgency that comes with knowing that time is running out to avoid the worst outcomes of climate change," said Daniel Bresette, executive director of the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) at the conclusion of the 2021 U.N. climate talks in Glasgow.

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The Biden-Harris Administration unveiled America’s new greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments as part of its contribution to the Paris Agreement, which seeks to keep global warming significantly below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 F). The United States, which announced it would rejoin the Paris Agreement on President Biden's first day in office, has pledged to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent from 2005 levels by 2030. "The Biden-Harris Administration means business,” said EESI Executive Director Daniel Bresette, welcoming the news. “Meeting this new goal will make a significant contribution to the global fight against climate change. It is much more ambitious than America's initial goal to cut emissions by 26 to 28 percent by 2025. Other countries, including China, Britain, and the members of the European Union, have also raised their ambitions in the runup to the next U.N. climate summit this year. I am more optimistic than I have been in a long time.

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The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) regrets the limited decisions reached at the U.N. climate negotiations in Madrid. Representatives from almost 200 nations met at the 25th Conference of the Parties of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) to address issues left undecided in the Paris Agreement Rulebook, which was developed at last year’s meeting in Poland. The negotiations in Madrid centered on devising a framework for international carbon markets under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement.

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“The U.N. report’s findings are bleak,” said EESI Executive Director Daniel Bresette. “The United States and other countries are failing to rein in greenhouse gas emissions, which means that we need to make even deeper and faster cuts if we want to curb climate change. We need to step up our commitments, and do so now. There are policy options available to us today that would have an immediate impact. In fact, we have just laid out an achievable set of policy recommendations to the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis.

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