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Presidential climate action Project
Security
Opportunity
Stewardship
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I recognize the right and duty
of this generation to develop and use
the natural resources of our land;
but I do not recognize the right to waste
them, or to rob, by wasteful use,
the generation that comes after us.
- President Theodore Roosevelt
Climate action
is a powerulengine or new
industries andjobs, and the
next challengeor Americas
genius.
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or the rst time in human history, America and the international
community ace a truly planetary challenge: global warming.
Paradoxically, the challenge also represents one o humanitys
greatest opportunities. The need to transorm how we power the
worlds economies opens vast new global markets or energy,
technologies and services. As the worlds leader in innovation,
and as the nation whose citizens generate more greenhouse gas
emissions than any other, the United States has both a moral
and an economic imperative to seize this moment.
The bold steps America must take to prevent the worst consequences
o global warming oer an array o benets. Climate action is a
powerul engine or new industries and jobs, a way orward on the
tough issues o global security and terrorism, the next challenge orAmericas genius, the chance or an unprecedented public-private
partnership, the catalyst or Americas re-emergence as a constructive
leader in the international community, and an opportunity to give our
children the legacy o a sae, prosperous and healthy uture.
Dealing with climate change requires strong, visionary leadership
at every level o American society. We must begin to demand that
vision rom one another. It is necessary to transorm the waydeveloped nations sustain their prosperity and developing nations
achieve it. This will require an urgent new level o collaboration
among nations and all sectors and political philosophies within the
United States a level we have rarely, i ever, seen. Because the
challenge is so vast, the leaders who we elect to help us meet this
challenge including the next President o the United States
will be the most important in our history.
Dealing withclimate change
requires strong,visionary
leadership atevery level
o Americansociety.
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The Presidential
Climate Action Plan...presents a specic and
comprehensive blueprint
or bold leadership,rooted in current
climate science and
designed to igniteinnovation at every level
o the American
economy.
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The Presidential Climate Action Plan
From the moment the 44th President o the United States takes oce
on January 20, 2009, the American people, and the world community
will watch closely or indications o how our new leader addresses
global climate change.
The signal should be clear: The President will take immediate and
decisive action to mobilize the ederal government and the nation
to build a new, low-carbon economy to meet the emerging realities
o the 21st Century.
Toward that goal, the Presidential Climate Action Project has
developed a non-partisan plan or presidential leadership within
100 days o Inauguration. The Presidential Climate Action Plan,
or PCAP, presents a specic and comprehensive blueprint or bold
leadership, rooted in climate science and designed to ignite
innovation at every level o the American economy.
The University o Colorado Denver has acilitated the development
o the plan with the advice o a prestigious board o top climate science
and policy experts. PCAP incorporates many o the best ideas put
orward by the presidential candidates, universities, non-governmental
organizations and others, as well as new ideas based on original
analyses commissioned by the project. PCAPs comprehensive plan
encourages a more creative level o public discussion about how the
nation will address global warming. A nal plan will be issued to
the candidates in September 2008, refecting new policy ideas, science,
research and ederal action that emerge during the campaign.
PCAP is rooted in the conviction that we must build an innovative,environmentally-sound economy or the new realities o the 21st
Century. That economy must achieve three goals or this and uture
generations: security, opportunity and stewardship.
PcaP: The most specic and comprehensive action plan
so ar presented to the American public, and the most
detailed roadmap yet or America to assert constructive
leadership in international policy and markets.
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Comparison oClimate Change Targets
in Legislation Proposed by the
110th Congress and by the
Presidential Climate Action Plan,
1990-2050
12,000
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
2,000
0
MillionmetrictonsCO2e
20502040203020202010
1990
Business as usual
Historical emissions
Lieberman-McCainOlver-Gilchrest
Kerry-Snowe
Stabilize 450-550 ppm
Sanders-Boxer, WaxmanEmissions with PCAP Proposals
Lieberman-Warnerdraft outline
Bingaman-Specterconditional target
Bingaman-Specterrange with price cap (projected only through 2030)
Bingaman-Specterno price cap
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Securitystabilizing the climate, the economy
and the international community
To achieve true security, the people o all nations must achieve a decent
and sustainable standard o living. This cannot be done with the same
carbon-intensive energy resources that powered the industrial era.
Those resources are moving us to the threshold o dangerous climate
change. Further, we cannot be secure in a uture o global resource
conficts as developed and developing nations compete or the same
nite ossil uels. We must make a rapid transition to unprecedented
levels o energy eciency and to low-carbon, renewable resources.
PCAPs recommendations include:
To stop subsidizing war, conict and terrorism, cut Americas
oil consumption in hal by 2020 and eliminate all petroleum
imports by 2040 without increasing domestic production.
Create an international Organization o Petroleum Importing
Countries (OPIC) to collaborate on reducing international
dependence on oil.
Redirect ederal subsidies or ossil uels to dramatically
increase our investment in low-carbon energy technologies,
designs and products.
Conduct a national security analysis on the implications o
increasing Americas reliance on imported resources such
as natural gas and uranium, and the homeland security
implications o constructing additional LNG import acilities
and nuclear power plants.
Seek the declaration o the Persian Gul as a zone o
international interest protected by a multi-national peace-
keeping orce that guarantees the ree ow o oil as OPIC
nations reduce dependence on petroleum imports.
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...we cannot besecure in a uture
o global resource
conficts as
developed and
developing nations
compete or
the same niteossil uels.
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...make
Americas armsand rural
communities ourrich new energy belt
or renewable
resources.
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Opportunityunleashing the marketPlace
Millions o new jobs will be created to stabilize the climate, sequester
carbon and adapt to climate changes already underway. The ederal
government should align, synchronize and create incentives, bust barriersand help correct price signals in the marketplace. It also should launch
new public-private partnerships to build a robust low-carbon economy.
PCAPs recommendations include:
Set lie-cycle perormance standards or new power plants,
buildings and vehicles the principal sources o greenhouse
gas emissions. Starting immediately, new power plants must
be carbon-neutral. By 2020, Americas passenger vehicles
must average at least 50 miles per gallon. By 2030, all newbuildings must be carbon-neutral.
Establish an oil price oor o $45 per barrel to encourage and
protect capital investments in renewable energy.
Oer $1 billion in incentive awards or breakthrough technologies.
Create 40 million new jobs in the energy efciency and renewable
energy industries by 2030.
Provide $1 billion annually to states and localities to implementtheir own aggressive plans or energy efciency, renewable
energy and climate action, including rate reorms that allow
utilities to proft rom energy efciency.
Replace the U.S. Department o Energy with a small dynamic
agency that merges DOEs technology programs with the U.S.
Small Business Administration to create the new businesses
and jobs that will transorm our energy economy.
Redirect ederal rural development programs, including theRural Utility Service loan program, to invest in the technologies
and inrastructure that will make Americas arms and rural
communities the rich new rontier or renewable resources.
2.
The green economy has the power
to deliver new sources of work,
wealth and health to low-income
people - while honoring the Earth.
- Van Jones, Ella Baker
Center for Human Rights
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I the presidential election
were held today, how
important would acandidates position on
global warming be in
your decision aboutwhom to vote or?
.50
.25
0ExtremelyImportant
VeryImportant
SomewhatImportant
Not ThatImportant
Percen
tofResponses
.16
.24.25
.35
From a survey o 1,011 adults conducted July 23-26, 2007 by Yale University, Gallup and the Clear Vision Institute.
At the 95% condence level, the margin o sampling error is 4 percentage points.
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Stewardshipmarrying ecology, economy and equity
Global warming proves that economic and ecological health are
interdependent. The impacts o climate change on natural systems and
their services aect not only our species but all species; not only this
generation but those that will ollow. These adverse impacts will hit
some nations, industries, communities and amilies more than others.
For these reasons, stewardship in other words, caring or natural systems,
the disadvantaged and uture generations orms an essential component
o the 21st Century economy. PCAPs recommendations include:
Reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions 3% each year until
2020 and 2% annually thereater to achieve a 30% reduction
by 2020 and a 90% reduction by mid-century.
Engage the international community to set similar goals or
the worlds fve largest developing nations, starting in 2020.
Implement a cap-and-auction system involving the 2,000
frst providers o ossil uels to achieve carbon pricing in
100% o the economy.
To guarantee early reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
while the cap-and-auction regime is taking hold, direct EPA
to regulate greenhouse gas emissions immediately under
the Clean Air Act.
Champion a 10-old increase in the Weatherization Assistance
Program or low-income amilies.
Create a Green Jobs Corps to train 35,000 underprivileged
youth each year in the green trades essential to the new
energy economy.
Make the nations largest energy user the ederalgovernment carbon neutral by 2050.
Propose omnibus legislation to reshape ederal programs and
update current environmental laws to address global warming
and climate adaptation.
Reorm U.S. lending and development
programs to stop unding carbon-
intensive projects overseas and
champion changes in internationaltrade agreements to remove the
barriers to climate action.
3.
The impacts
o climate change
on natural systems
and their services
aect not only
our species but all
species; not only
this generation
but also those thatwill ollow.
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Presidential Climate Action Project
Presidential Climate Action Project
Presidential Climate Action Project
University o Colorado School o Public Aairs
Campus Box 133, PO Box 173364
Denver, CO 80217-3364
Bill Becker, Executive Director
bill.becker@cudenver.edu
www.climateactionproject.com
The Presidential Climate Action Plan will present
these and many other policy recommendations to the
Presidential candidates and their stas during the
2008 election. We invite your voice and your support.
Join the Dialogue
To access more complete explanations o climate
issues and solutions, visit the PCAP web site at
www.climateactionproject.com
The PCAP team encourages your comments and
ideas or climate leadership. Please submit them to
eedback@climateactionproject.com
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