CMI Annual Report 2022

targeted by the Biden Administration in the United States’
National Determined Contribution to the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change. Yet gaps remain.
Figure 1.1.
Historical and modeled
net U.S. greenhouse gas
emissions, 2005-2035.2021).
The REPEAT Project highlights the potential for additional
emissions reductions by accelerating the retirement of
remaining coal-fired power plants and substituting natural
gas-fired power generation (~0.2 GtCO 2
-e/year in 2030). This
step could improve industrial process efficiency (~0.1 GtCO 2
-e/
year) and additional cost-effective abatement of methane
pollution in the oil and gas sectors and make improvements in
carbon uptake in agricultural and forestry lands (~0.2-0.3
GtCO 2
-e/year). In total, these measures could get the U.S.
within striking distance of 2030 climate goals and on track for
net-zero emissions by 2050.
With support from the Hewlett Foundation, REPEAT plans
annual updates in 2023 and 2024 on the United States’
progress on the path to net-zero. This will include analyses of
proposed and finalized federal regulations and a stock take of
the latest changes in costs and macro-economic conditions.
Find the latest analysis and data at repeatproject.org.
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