To mark the United States’ return to the Paris Agreement, thousands
of non-federal climate leaders have launched America is All
In — a coalition to drive a society-wide
mobilization for bold climate ambition to uphold the country’s commitment to
domestic and international climate action. Already the most expansive
coalition of US leaders ever assembled in support of climate action, America
Is All In is led by Michael R. Bloomberg — the UN
Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions;
Washington Governor Jay Inslee; Vi Lyles, Mayor of Charlotte,
NC; and CommonSpirit Health CEO Lloyd H. Dean.
“Over the last four years, Americans have continued pushing
forward
and cutting emissions, because they understand that fighting climate change
strengthens our
economy
and protects people’s health. They’ve kept us on track to reach our Paris
Agreement commitment; and with a strong partner in the White House, we can
exceed it,” Bloomberg says. “We have a lot of work to do — and the more we
support cities, states, businesses and climate leaders across the country,
the faster we can make progress. That’s the goal of our new coalition, and
we’re looking forward to working with the new administration to build on the
progress we’ve made and accelerate it in the lead-up to the COP26
climate summit this November.”
America Is All In builds on the leadership shown by the nearly 5,000 cities,
states, tribal nations, businesses and institutions of higher education,
faith, healthcare and culture that rallied to keep the US on a path of climate progress during the Trump Administration. The
coalition — which features over 1,100 business leaders including
3M, Allbirds, Amazon,
Apple, Ben & Jerry’s, The Clorox
Company, Danone North
America, General
Mills, Hewlett Packard
Enterprise,
IKEA, Indigo
Agriculture,
Johnson & Johnson,
Kohler, L’Oréal USA,
Nestlé,
PepsiCo,
REI,
Target,
Unilever and
Verizon, to name a few —
will work with the federal government across sectors to bolster existing US
climate goals and align them with science-based
targets,
accelerating institutional and regional climate action; and enabling the
Biden-Harris administration to present an ambitious, new national target of
reducing emissions at least 50 percent from a 2005 baseline by 2030.
In a signal of support for this all-of-society approach, America Is All In
has reissued a declaration signed by its over
1,700 signatories, committing to prioritize climate action in their own
operations and work to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
“With the US back in the Paris Agreement, states and local governments are
excited to partner with a President who has put climate and environmental
justice at the core of his agenda,” Gov. Inslee said. “Together, we will
take an all-hands-on-deck approach to build a clean energy future that
creates good jobs for Americans, and invests in building a healthy future
for communities that have borne the brunt of environmental and economic
harms from fossil fuel pollution and climate change.”
America Is All In represents a merging and evolution of We Are Still
In and America’s
Pledge. Over the last four years,
We Are Still In — coordinated through Ceres, Climate Nexus and
World Wildlife Fund, with the support of over a dozen other NGOs — has
united thousands of cities, states, tribal nations, companies, colleges,
health, faith and cultural institutions committed to ambitious climate
action. Meanwhile, America’s Pledge — a Bloomberg Philanthropies
initiative co-led by the Rocky Mountain Institute and the University
of Maryland Center for Global Sustainability, with significant
contributions from the World Resources Institute — has quantified and
reported on the actions of these leaders to drive down their greenhouse gas
emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Learn more about America Is All In, and learn how your company or institution
can take part, here.
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Sustainable Brands Staff
Published Feb 24, 2021 1pm EST / 10am PST / 6pm GMT / 7pm CET