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know the NDC development process will be As the document details, each of these points are
complex and challenging, as will the broader complex in their own right, but together they serve
international negotiations along the Road to to support and advance our overarching objective,
Glasgow, but the Chamber is committed to leading which states:
business community efforts to ensure a successful
outcome. To this end, our NDC Principles and We are calling for reducing emissions as low
Priorities document identifies the following as we can as fast as we can, while ensuring that
eight high-level areas that we believe merit close any national targets and timetables are realistic,
attention by the Administration: achievable, appropriately account for U.S.
economic interests and work to address impacts
• Ensure business has a seat at the table to trade-exposed, hard-to-adapt and energy
• Highlight U.S. businesses’ climate intensive sectors. We are hopeful that targets are
leadership and promote U.S. export opportunities developed through a thoughtful and collaborative
• Seek durability, credibility, and effort that identifies a clear path to achievement
achievability and garners the support of businesses, consumers,
• Recognize the critical role of technology and other stakeholders necessary to ensure
development political durability.
• Complement technology development
focus with pursuit of policies necessary to It is our hope that by engaging early and
accelerate commercialization and deployment of constructively in this process, the Chamber
low carbon technologies will be positioned to build consensus and
• Embrace an “all of the above” approach to ultimately enhance the potential for a realistic
emissions reducing technologies and pathways and achievable NDC to reduce GHG emissions,
• Seek balance that recognizes global context garner broad support, help restore U.S.
• Study economic implications of potential credibility internationally, and ultimately prove
NDC commitments politically durable.
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complex and challenging, as will the broader complex in their own right, but together they serve
international negotiations along the Road to to support and advance our overarching objective,
Glasgow, but the Chamber is committed to leading which states:
business community efforts to ensure a successful
outcome. To this end, our NDC Principles and We are calling for reducing emissions as low
Priorities document identifies the following as we can as fast as we can, while ensuring that
eight high-level areas that we believe merit close any national targets and timetables are realistic,
attention by the Administration: achievable, appropriately account for U.S.
economic interests and work to address impacts
• Ensure business has a seat at the table to trade-exposed, hard-to-adapt and energy
• Highlight U.S. businesses’ climate intensive sectors. We are hopeful that targets are
leadership and promote U.S. export opportunities developed through a thoughtful and collaborative
• Seek durability, credibility, and effort that identifies a clear path to achievement
achievability and garners the support of businesses, consumers,
• Recognize the critical role of technology and other stakeholders necessary to ensure
development political durability.
• Complement technology development
focus with pursuit of policies necessary to It is our hope that by engaging early and
accelerate commercialization and deployment of constructively in this process, the Chamber
low carbon technologies will be positioned to build consensus and
• Embrace an “all of the above” approach to ultimately enhance the potential for a realistic
emissions reducing technologies and pathways and achievable NDC to reduce GHG emissions,
• Seek balance that recognizes global context garner broad support, help restore U.S.
• Study economic implications of potential credibility internationally, and ultimately prove
NDC commitments politically durable.
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