“The failure is not an option in this space. And so, it’s the old African proverb, you want to go fast, go alone. You want to go far, go together. So we built these coalitions. You referenced All In with Bloomberg, which I co-chair. We’re part of the US Climate Alliance, which I co-chair with 24 other governors in 23 other states. We’re part of this larger coalition I happened to co-chair as well, the MOU Under2 coalition, which is a sub-national coalition at the global level, working through the aegis of a lot of our international organizations.
And that’s an effort, in a way, to continue to have stable leadership and continue to pass partnership.”
🎥 @governor.ca.gov on the strength of the U.S. Climate Alliance & other subnational coalitions: “You want to go fast, go alone, You want to go far, go together.” Source: The New York Times
— U.S. Climate Alliance (@usclimate.bsky.social) 2025-09-26T19:28:34.366Z
Launched in 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by the U.S. federal government’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28 percent by 2025, 50-52 percent by 2030, and 61-66 percent by 2035, all below 2005 levels, and collectively achieve overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050.
The Alliance’s states and territories continue to advance innovative and impactful climate solutions to grow the economy, create jobs, and protect public health, and have a long record of action and results. In fact, the latest data shows that as of 2023, the Alliance has reduced its collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 24 percent below 2005 levels, while increasing collective GDP by 34 percent, and is on track to meet its near-term climate goal of reducing collective greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025.
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