在美国，我们都在 #采取气候行动#
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内容来源：分享美国 地址链接：http://go.usa.gov/cTUkm
减缓气候变化是每个人的责任。在美国，国家政府、地方各级（州和市）政府以及构成私营部门的许多企业都在为发起一场清洁能源革命作出自己的贡献。
国家目标
在国家层面，联邦政府在制定总体气候目标方面发挥着重要的作用。
2015年3月，美国承诺到2025将排放量从2005年的水平降低26-28％。通过“气候行动计划”(
Climate
Action Plan)、“清洁能源计划”(
Clean
Power
Plan)以及新的燃油经济性标准和其他努力，本届政府正在减轻美国的碳污染。各个政府部门已采取措施减少他们的车辆和建筑物能源系统的温室气体排放——
总体而言，联邦机构在最近五年内将排放量减少了17％。
国家汽车燃油效率标准将防止60亿公吨的二氧化碳污染的产生 (美国国务院/Jamie McCann)
本地创新
创新的气候政策常常是立足本地的。例如，许多城市居民正在寻找新的交通方式。自1990年以来，波特兰市(Portland)的
自行车政策已使骑车人的数量增长了五倍，纽约市有超过一半的
公交车使用替代燃料。
在州一级，加州(California)一直是环保领导者。二十年来，虽然加州人口增长了30%，加州经济增长了54％，但该州将排放量增长控制在区区4％。在此期间（1990-2010年），加州增加了10万个工作岗位。加州显然为其他州、乃至全国采取重要的气候行动奠定了基础。
在加州，到2025年所有新车中有15%将为零排放汽车 (美国国务院/Jamie
McCann)
商业机会
企业也正在加入到行动中来，这类实例有成千上万。科技巨头苹果公司(Apple
Inc.)在美国的业务运营百分之百地依赖可再生能源。而美国一家包裹递送公司“联合包裹服务公司”(United Parcel
Services Inc.)自2000年以来已经驾驶智能燃料汽车行驶了8亿多公里。
目前，年收入总计达三万亿美元的81家全球顶级品牌已经签署了“美国企业采取气候行动承诺”(
American
Business Act on Climate Pledge)。他们签字承诺采取切实行动来减少碳排放，并支持
在
COP21，即2015年联合国气候变化会议上达成一项针对气候变化的全球解决方案。
美利坚银行为绿色企业提供的资金翻了近三番(美国国务院/Jamie
McCann)
目前，在各个层面的气候行动已经取得了成效。自2008年以来，美国的风力发电量已经增长了三倍，太阳能发电量增长了二十倍。通过全国性目标、本地创新和商业解决方案，美国将继续
#采取气候行动 （
#ActOnClimate），并建设一个清洁能源的未来。
Slowing climate change is everyone’s responsibility. In the U.S.,
the national government, the local levels (states and cities) and
many businesses that make up the private sector are all doing their
part to power a clean-energy revolution.
National goals
At the national level, the federal government plays
an
important role in setting overall climate goals. In March 2015, the
U.S. committed to reduce its emissions 26 to 28 percent from 2005
levels by 2025. Through the
Climate
Action Plan, the
Clean
Power Plan,
new fuel-economy standards and other
efforts, the administration is reducing U.S. carbon pollution.
Individual government departments have taken steps to cut
greenhouse emissions from
their vehicles and their
buildings’ energy systems — all told, federal agencies reduced
emissions by 17 percent in a recent five-year period.
National
fuel-efficiency standards for cars will prevent 6 billion
metric tons of carbon dioxide pollution. (State Dept./Jamie
McCann)
Local innovation
Often, innovative climate policies are local. For example, many
city dwellers are finding new ways to get around. Portland’s
bicycle policies have increased
ridership five times since 1990, and more than half of
New York City’s buses run on alternative
fuel.
At the state level, California has long been an environmental
leader. In two decades, the state limited increases in emissions to
just 4 percent while the population grew by 30 percent and the
state’s economy grew by 54 percent. During that period (1990–2010),
the state added 100,000 jobs. California has clearly set the stage
for important action on climate in other states and in the
nation.
In
California, 15 percent of all new cars will be zero emission in
2025. (State Dept./Jamie McCann)
Business opportunities
Companies are getting in on the act. There are thousands of
examples. Tech giant Apple Inc. runs its U.S. operations on 100
percent renewable energy. And United Parcel Service Inc., a
package-delivery company,
has driven more than 800 million
kilometers in smart-fuel vehicles since 2000.
Right now, 81 top global brands with more than $3 trillion in
annual revenue have signed the
American
Business Act on Climate Pledge. Their signatures promise
significant actions to reduce carbon emissions and
support a
global solution to climate change at
COP21, the 2015
U.N. conference on climate change.
Bank of
America is nearly tripling its support for green business. (State
Dept./Jamie McCann) Already, climate action at every level
has helped. Since 2008, America has increased wind power production
threefold and solar production twentyfold. With national goals,
local innovation and business solutions, the U.S. will continue to
#ActOnClimate and build a clean-energy future.
