The Green New Deal is a package of policies that would be aimed at decarbonizing the US economy, drawing down and capturing greenhouse gases, and promoting economic, racial, and environmental justice and equality. This may sound like an ambitious set of goals—because it is! It’s important that we act quickly and decisively to address climate change, given that the United Nations recently issued a landmark report saying that we only have 12 years to make the changes needed for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5°C. Scientists argue that warming above that threshold would result in catastrophic impacts, such as water scarcity for another 61 million people globally.
What is the Green New Deal?
