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What emissions target did the United States submit before the Paris Agreement was adopted?
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Paris Agreement
(From left) José Gurría, Justin Trudeau, Enrique Peña Nieto, Jim Yong Kim, François Hollande, Angela Merkel, Michelle Bachelet, and Hailemariam Desalegn during the 2015 UN climate change conference that resulted in the Paris Agreement.
In the lead-up to the adoption of the Paris Agreement, countries were tasked with submitting plans detailing their intended greenhouse gas emission reductions, known as intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs).1
In 2014, the United States announced its intention to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 26–28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. To support this goal, the U.S. planned to utilize the Clean Power Plan to establish emission limits for both existing and planned power plants.1