Climate 2030

The Climate 2030 Blueprint proposes a combination of an economywide cap-and-trade program and complementary sector-specific policies to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The analysis argues that these measures can achieve deep carbon cuts while generating significant net savings for consumers and businesses, reducing oil dependence, and maintaining robust economic growth.

• The Blueprint aims to reduce U.S. heat-trapping emissions to a cap of 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 56 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, limiting total emissions to 180,000 million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent (MMTCO2eq) between 2000 and 2030.
• Implementing the Blueprint is projected to save U.S. consumers and businesses $465 billion annually by 2030, with net cumulative savings between 2010 and 2030 totaling $1.7 trillion.
• The electricity sector is the primary driver of emissions reductions, providing 57 percent of the necessary cuts by 2030, largely through a 84 percent reduction in carbon emissions from power plants compared to 2005 levels.
• The Blueprint would reduce U.S. oil and petroleum product use by 6 million barrels per day by 2030 relative to 2005, which is equivalent to the amount imported from OPEC countries at the time of the report.
• The proposed policy suite is expected to have a minimal impact on economic growth, with GDP expanding by 81 percent between 2005 and 2030, compared to 84 percent in the Reference case.
• Complementary policies in the energy and transportation sectors are critical for maximizing savings; without them, net cumulative consumer and business savings through 2030 would drop from $1.7 trillion to $0.6 trillion.

APA

Union of Concerned Scientists (2009). Climate 2030. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2018/02/Climate-2030-Blueprint_executive-summary%255B1%255D.pdf

Chicago

Union of Concerned Scientists. Climate 2030. 2009. https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2018/02/Climate-2030-Blueprint_executive-summary%255B1%255D.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{unionofconcernedscientists2009climate, author = {{Union of Concerned Scientists}}, title = {{Climate 2030}}, institution = {Union of Concerned Scientists}, year = {2009}, month = may, url = {https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/attach/2018/02/Climate-2030-Blueprint_executive-summary%255B1%255D.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }