Global
Net Zero - 2050
Net Zero Emissions by 2050(NZE) - zero GHGs as soon as possible, and by 2050 at the latest
Paris Climate Accords - 2016
The Agreement is a legally binding international treaty signed by 193 Parties (192 countries plus the European Union)
The Paris Agreement's long-term temperature goal is to keep the rise in mean global temperature to well
below 2 C (3.6 F) above pre-industrial levels, and preferably limit the increase to 1.5 C (2.7 F)
review countries commitments every five years;
provide financing to developing countries to mitigate climate change, strengthen
resilience and enhance abilities to adapt to climate impacts.
USA
Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act - 2021
$7.5 billion to build a national network of electric vehicle chargers;
$73 billion in power infrastructure and clean energy transmission
$30 billion for Amtraks development of the Northeast Corridor
$5 billion in zero emission and clean buses and $2.5 billion for ferries.
$7,500 tax credit for new electric vehicles
$4,000 tax credit for used electric vehicles
30% tax credit for solar panels, wind energy
Up to $2,000 a year for home efficiency projects
Up to $8,000 of home-energy rebates
Up to $14,000 in rebates for efficient appliances
California - all-electric car mandate
The order requires 35% of new cars sold in the state be electric vehicles by 2026, and 100% by 2035.
European Union
EU Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/EU
legally binding measures to encourage efforts to use energy more efficiently in all stages and sectors of the supply chain.
EUROSIF 2021
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is a European regulation introduced to
improve transparency in the market for sustainable investment products, to prevent greenwashing and to
increase transparency around sustainability claims made by financial market participants.
Government Agencies List
ESG Standards and Ratings