America is once again leading the world in the fight against climate change, and our Nation is in the midst of a clean energy revolution — reducing pollution, lowering energy costs, creating good-paying jobs, and making sure clean energy technologies are made in America. During National Clean Energy Action Month, we celebrate that historic progress…
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Seas the Day: Our Ocean, Our Future
By Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., Deputy Director for Climate and Environment in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy This week, the world celebrates World Ocean Day. If you ask ten people what the ocean means to them, you’ll likely get ten answers: Fun. Family. Food. Discovery. Adventure. Freedom. Relaxation. Solace. Identity. Jobs. The…
Australia-United States Climate, Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Transformation Compact
Australia and the United States commit to enhance bilateral cooperation under a Climate, Critical Minerals and Clean Energy Transformation Compact (the Compact), establishing climate and clean energy as a central pillar of the Australia-United States Alliance. Australia and the United States recognise the importance of addressing the climate crisis as a critical component of the…
U.S.-Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Statement on Reaffirming U.S.-Pacific Partnership
We—the governments of Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and the United States of America—meet on the occasion of the second U.S.- Pacific Islands Forum Summit, held at the…
Ocean Solutions to a More Sustainable World
By Scott Doney, Assistant Director for Ocean Climate Science and Policy, Office of Science and Technology Policy This National Ocean Month, we reaffirm a key scientific finding—that the ocean is an essential part of a healthy and livable world. Threats to ocean health are well known. Globally, ocean temperatures and sea levels are rapidly rising…
Readout of Convening on Blue Chip Climate-Risk Macroeconomic Forecasts
Yesterday, the Council of Economic Advisers, National Economic Council, Office of Management and Budget, Office of Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation, and Climate Policy Office hosted a convening on Blue Chip Climate-Risk Macroeconomic Forecasts with economists from the private sector, government, and academia. The meeting was convened to build a public-private community of practice around incorporating…
A Look to the Next Decade: Research to Assist the Nation and the World in Responding to Global Change
Sarah Abdelrahim, Deputy Director, U.S. Global Change Research ProgramMike Kuperberg, Executive Director, U.S. Global Change Research Program The signs of climate change are everywhere around us. Federal investments in science have helped us understand the nature climate change and its causes, and have helped guide responses at the global, national, and local scales. 32 years…
Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre En Route Brunswick, ME
Aboard Air Force One En Route Brunswick, Maine 11:52 A.M. EDT MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Happy Friday. We’ve made it. We’re en route to Auburn, Maine, where the President will highlight how Bidenomics and his Investing in America agenda are revitalizing manufacturing and bringing investments and jobs to communities, including those that have too often been left…
Readout of Workshop on Addressing Integration of Climate Risks into Macroeconomic Models
Yesterday, components of the U.S. Government—including the Council of Economic Advisers and the Treasury—and co-leads of Helsinki Principle 4 under the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action convened a workshop to address the integration of climate risks into macroeconomic models that inform policy decisions. Participants included representatives of partner governments’ finance ministries and multilateral institutions,…
FACT SHEET: President Biden’s Budget Lowers Energy Costs, Combats the Climate Crisis, and Advances Environmental Justice
In the two years since taking office, the President’s leadership to tackle the climate crisis has boosted U.S. manufacturing and deployment of cost-cutting clean energy technologies, put the United States on a durable path aligned with limiting warming to 1.5 °C, galvanized global action by partners and the private sector, and advanced environmental justice. On…
