Earth Day 2024

Question 2: Temperature Targets

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change aims to limit global temperature rise. Learn more at the United Nations website!

Question 3: US Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Learn more about US greenhouse gas emissions from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Question 4: Emissions by Economic Sector

Learn more about how each sector contributes to total US emissions from the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

Question 5: Flood Cost

Read RFF's explainer on flooding in the United States for more about what is causing flooding to become more frequent and more damaging.

Question 6: The Power Sector and the Inflation Reduction Act

Learn more about the emissions reductions from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 in this paper by researchers from Resources for the Future and 16 other organizations.

Question 7: Justice40

Learn more about the Justice40 initiative in this RFF report.

Question 8: The Social Cost of Carbon

Learn more about how we quantify the damages from carbon dioxide emissions in our Social Cost of Carbon explorer.

Question 9: Agricultural Emissions

Learn more about agricultural emissions and what causes them in this RFF explainer.