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... Through an assessment of current federal, state, and local climate and energy poli cies, this report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Committee on Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States: Technology, Policy, and Societal Dimensions identifies gaps and barriers to implementation that would prevent the nation from attaining its climate, economic, and societal goals. It follows from the committee's first report, released in February 2021,1 which laid out federal actions needed during the 2020s to put the nation on a fair and equitable path to de carbonization by midcentury.
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... The committee's analysis resulted in approximately 80 recommendations directed toward a variety of government, nonprofit, and private-sector actors. These recom mendations can be grouped into the following 10 broad categories, which represent main themes of the report: • A Broadened Policy Portfolio • Rigorous and Transparent Analysis and Reporting for Adaptive Management • Ensuring Procedural Equity in Planning and Siting New Infrastructure and Programs • Ensuring Equity, Justice, Health, and Fairness of Impacts • Siting and Permitting Reforms for Interstate Transmission • Tightened Targets for the Buildings and Industrial Sectors and a Backstop for the Transport Sector • Managing the Future of the Fossil Fuel Sector • Building the Needed Workforce and Capacity • Reforming Financial Markets • Research, Development, and Demonstration Needs In developing its findings and recommendations, the committee recognized the inherent risks and uncertainties associated with such an unprecedented, long-term, whole-of-society transition.
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... This report's recommendations provide advice on filling policy gaps, overcoming implementation barriers, and establishing adaptive management strategies so that the United States can realize its net-zero emissions goal and all Americans can benefit from an equitable energy system. 3 A00026 -- Accelerating Decarbonization in the United States_Executive Summary.indd 3 3/29/24 7:29 PM
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