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For a story in E&E News, Ray Kopp reflects on potential goals the United States may take on as the country rejoins the Paris Agreement.

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Date

Feb. 12, 2021

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Media Highlight

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E&E News

"Many outside experts believe the goal is likely to be a 50% reduction from 2005 emissions levels by the 2030 deadline to keep the United States in a leadership position in the Paris process, said Raymond Kopp, research and policy vice president for Resources for the Future.

'They have a very short period of time to develop the NDC,' Kopp said.

Topics

Policy Design and Evaluation

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Raymond J. Kopp

Senior Fellow

Raymond J. Kopp is a senior fellow at RFF. During his career Kopp has specialized in the analysis of environmental and natural resource issues with a focus on Federal regulatory activity.

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