Corporate climate advocacy in action as business stands ready to deliver US NDC increase

The We Mean Business coalition highlights the role of corporate advocacy in the US government's decision to increase its 2030 emission reduction target to 50-52% below 2005 levels. The statement emphasizes that over 400 businesses and investors, representing $4 trillion in annual revenue, urged this increase to provide the policy clarity needed for private sector investment in a zero-carbon economy. It further calls for other global economies to align their NDCs with the 1.5ºC trajectory to maintain economic competitiveness.

• President Joe Biden increased the United States' 2030 emission reduction target, known as the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), to a range of 50-52% below 2005 levels.
• The updated NDC supports broader US climate goals, including the establishment of a carbon-free power sector by 2035 and a net-zero emissions economy by 2050 at the latest.
• The policy shift followed an open letter to the US President organized by Ceres and the We Mean Business coalition, which was signed by more than 400 businesses and investors with US operations, including Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Starbucks, Nike, and McDonald's.
• The corporate signatories of the open letter represent over 7 million workers across all 50 US states and more than $4 trillion in annual revenue.
• Other major economies have recently updated their climate commitments: the UK aims to cut emissions by 68% by 2030 (vs 1990 levels), the EU has a provisional target of at least 55% by 2030, and the Philippines is revising its target to a 75% reduction by 2030.

APA

Mendiluce, M. (2021). Corporate climate advocacy in action as business stands ready to deliver US NDC increase. We Mean Business Coalition. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/us-ndc/

Chicago

Mendiluce, María. Corporate climate advocacy in action as business stands ready to deliver US NDC increase. We Mean Business Coalition, 2021. https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/us-ndc/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{mendiluce2021corporate, author = {Mendiluce, María}, title = {{Corporate climate advocacy in action as business stands ready to deliver US NDC increase}}, publisher = {We Mean Business Coalition}, year = {2021}, month = apr, url = {https://www.wemeanbusinesscoalition.org/blog/us-ndc/}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }