7.6B Variation in willingness to act on environmental issue

• -> Russia and the EU also signed the Paris Agreement of 2015

  • Russia agreed to reduce emissions to 70% relative to the 1990 level by 2030
  • The EU has pledged to achieve Net Zero by 2050 and reduce emissions by 55% by 2030 from 1990 levels
• -> The USA initially signed up to the Paris Agreement under President Obama

  • President Trump took the decision to withdraw the US from the agreement in 2017 and this took effect in 2020
  • President Biden took office in 2021 and his first act was to rejoin the agreement
  • The target for the US is now a 50-52% reduction from 2005 emission levels by 2030