Hultman, N.E., Clarke, L., Frisch, C. et al. Fusing subnational with national climate action is central to decarbonization the case of the United States. Nat Commun

Objective:

• How a significant subset of those actors, including states, cities and businesses, are implementing policies that will significantly reduce economy-wide emissions

Case:

• US

Methodology:

• GCAM-USA

Data Source

• Survey

Findings:

• Existing commitments along could reduce emissions 25% below 2005 levels by 2030

• Expanding a set of high-impact actions across the Tier 1 and Tier 2 states could reduce US national net emissions from roughly 12% below 2005 levels

• Sub-national actions can lead to substantial reductions and support increased national action

Coding Reference:

• Upon request