2: Climate Protection
Protect the global climate system from further harm due to emissions of greenhouse gases and help humanity and the natural
world adapt to unavoidable climate change.
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Global climate change is now recognized as one of the most significant challenges humanity has ever faced. Scientists worldwide
have documented a steady and rapid increase in anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which has led to an alarming
rise in average global temperatures. The climate goal seeks to help establish policies, processes, and markets that transform
the global economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions to safe levels. Target outcomes likely before 2012 include: - The United
States enacts mandatory federal climate policy that will significantly reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions and includes:
incentives for and investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency; effective cost containment mechanisms that do not
jeopardize the environmental integrity of the program; a constructive partnership between federal, state, local and regional
governments; a design that promotes reengagement in the international climate negotiations; and funding for adaptation to
the effects of climate change. - The United States ratifies an international climate agreement, agreeing to mandatory domestic
curbs on GHG emissions.
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