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U.S. Climate Policy and Actions
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- Clean Energy Programs
- Climate Change and Waste Programs
- Climate Leaders
- High Global Warming Potential Gas Reduction Programs
- Integrated Environmental Strategies
- Methane Programs
- Transportation Voluntary Programs
- EPA Partnership Programs: Energy Efficiency and Global Climate Change
U.S. Global Change Research Program
Current and Near-Term Greenhouse Gas
Reduction Initiatives
The Federal government administers a wide array of public-private partnerships to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. These programs focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy, methane and other non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) gases, agricultural
practices and implementation of technologies to achieve greenhouse gas reductions.
EPA implements several voluntary programs that substantially contribute to
the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate Change Technology Program
New and refined technologies offer great promise to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions significantly. The Federal government established the multi-agency
Climate Change Technology Program (CCTP) in February of 2002 to accelerate
the development and deployment of key technologies.
U.S. Global Change Research Program
The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) coordinates and integrates federal research on changes in the global environment and their implications for society. The USGCRP began as a presidential initiative in 1989 and was mandated by Congress in the Global Change Research Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-606), which called for "a comprehensive and integrated United States research program which will assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change." Thirteen departments and agencies participate in the USGCRP, which was known as the U.S. Climate Change Science Program from 2002 through 2008. The program is steered by the Subcommittee on Global Change Research under the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, overseen by the Executive Office of the President, and facilitated by an Integration and Coordination Office.
International Cooperation
The United States government is extensively engaged in international climate change activities
in areas such as science, mitigation and environmental monitoring.
EPA actively participates in multilateral and bilateral
activities by establishing partnerships and providing leadership and technical
expertise. Multilaterally, the United States is a strong supporter of activities
under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 
and
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) . The U.S. government has created or worked to revitalize
a number of international climate initiatives. For example, the United States
has joined with Australia, China, India, Japan and South Korea to accelerate
the development of clean, more efficient technologies under the Asia
Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate .