John Kerry Vows "Strong" US Climate Action At Paris Meet

The United States, the world's top economy, is the second-largest emitter of greenhouse gases which cause global warming.

The United States will soon make ambitious new commitments to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, US climate envoy John Kerry said today. "In a few weeks at our summit the president will annonce our NDC which will be strong," Kerry said at a Paris meeting organised by the International Energy Agency. Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) are the measures that countries plan to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement's goal of limiting the increase in global temperatures to around 1.5 degrees Celsius. Kerry said that the US would take action to accelerate its reduction of emissions instead of making promises.