- Letter
U.S. Climate Alliance Pledges to Continue America’s Work to Achieve Paris Agreement Goals
January 20, 2025
As the Trump administration announced it will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance – New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham – delivered a letter to UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell making it clear to the global community that climate action will continue in the U.S.
In the letter, the governors noted that the Alliance is well prepared for this moment, having launched this coalition back in 2017, when the President previously yanked the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement. They also cited governors’ broad authority under the U.S. Constitution to continue to advance innovative and impactful climate solutions and pointed to the Alliance’s long record of action and results. Finally, the governors committed to tracking and reporting on their progress to the international community, including at the UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil (COP30) later this year.
Read the Alliance’s full letter here.
About the Alliance
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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