Figure 4. GHG Emissions and Projected Reduction Goals

Next 10's 17th edition of the Green Innovation Index found that despite lowering greenhouse gas emissions by 3% in 2023, one of the state’s largest reductions on record, California must significantly increase the rate of emissions cuts from an annual reduction of  2.8% a year to 4.4% a year, in order to meet the 2030 climate goal of 40% below 1990 levels.