Climate targets: Economy-wide

• NDC content

  1 target

  • 26-28% below 2005 levels in 2025 the United States is setting an economy-wide target of reducing its net greenhouse gas emissions by 50-52 percent below 2005 levels in 2030. From 2016 iNDC: 26% to 28% reduction in GHG emission by 2025 compared to 2005 and to make best efforts to reduce its emissions by 28%
    Economy-wide | Base year target | Target year: 2030 | Base year: 2005
    Source:

    United States of America's INDC

• National laws and policies

  5 targets

  •  Reduce carbon emissions by roughly 40 percent by 2030 compared to 2005.
    Economy-wide | Base year target | Target year: 2040 | Base year: 2005
    Source:

    Inflation Reduction Act

    Legislative | 2022

  • Net zero by 2050
    Economy-wide | Target year: 2050
    Source:

    Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk

    Executive | 2021

  • Reach net-zero by 2050
    Economy-wide | Target year: 2050
    Source:

    Executive Order 14008 on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad

    Executive | 2021

  • Reduce HFC emissions by 85% by 2036
    Economy-wide | Target year: 2036
    Source:

    Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021

    Legislative | 2020

  • net zero
    Economy-wide | Fixed level target | Target year: 2050 | Base year: 2021
    Source:

    Executive Order 14008 on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad

    Executive | 2021

For further analysis of the NDC, see United States of America country profile on