

As President, Biden will use the convening power of government to boost climate resilience efforts by developing regional climate resilience plans, in partnership with local universities and national labs, for local access to the most relevant science, data, information, tools, and training. Every dollar spent toward rebuilding our roads, bridges, buildings, the electric grid, and our water infrastructure will be used to prevent, reduce, and withstand a changing climate. On day one, Biden will make smart infrastructure investments to rebuild the nation and to ensure that our buildings, water, transportation, and energy infrastructure can withstand the impacts of climate change.

#Bidens day one agenda series
On day one, Biden will sign a series of new executive orders with unprecedented reach that go well beyond the Obama-Biden Administration platform and put us on the right track. achieves a 100% clean energy economy and reaches net-zero emissions no later than 2050. achieves a 100% clean energy economy and net-zero emissions no later than 2050. We should fully adopt a clean energy future, not just for all of us today, but for our children and grandchildren, so their tomorrow is healthier, safer, and more just.Īs president, Biden will lead the world to address the climate emergency and lead through the power of example, by ensuring the U.S. Getting to a 100% clean energy economy is not only an obligation, it’s an opportunity. We can export our clean-energy technology across the globe and create high-quality, middle-class jobs here at home. We can lead America to become the world’s clean energy superpower. We can create new industries that reinvigorate our manufacturing and create high-quality, middle-class jobs in cities and towns across the United States. energy sector and boost growth economy-wide. If we can harness all of our energy and talents, and unmatchable American innovation, we can turn this threat into an opportunity to revitalize the U.S. It powerfully captures two basic truths, which are at the core of his plan: (1) the United States urgently needs to embrace greater ambition on an epic scale to meet the scope of this challenge, and (2) our environment and our economy are completely and totally connected.


That’s why he is outlining a bold plan – a Clean Energy Revolution – to address this grave threat and lead the world in addressing the climate emergency.īiden believes the Green New Deal is a crucial framework for meeting the climate challenges we face. Joe Biden knows there is no greater challenge facing our country and our world. It puts our national security at risk by leading to regional instability that will require U.S military-supported relief activities and could make areas more vulnerable to terrorist activities. It also damages our communities with storms that wreak havoc on our towns and cities and our homes and schools. TAKE ACTION: Do you agree that we need drastic action to address the climate emergency? Sign on here >įrom coastal towns to rural farms to urban centers, climate change poses an existential threat – not just to our environment, but to our health, our communities, our national security, and our economic well-being.Read Biden’s plan to build back better by tackling climate change and creating good union jobs here.
