--- title: North America to Pledge 50% Clean Energy Generation by 2025 description: President Obama and leaders from Mexico and Canada will pledge that North America will get half its power from clean energy sources by 2025 canonical: https://time.com/4384765/barack-obama-clean-energy-pledge-north-america-canada-mexico/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-27T22:33:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:53:16.908Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Obama to Make Clean Energy Pledge With Canada, Mexico at Summit og:description: At the North American Leader Summit og:url: https://time.com/4384765/barack-obama-clean-energy-pledge-north-america-canada-mexico/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8da1e58309563339/698899aa656a3f2e9fbcc125/barack-obama2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-OBAMA-WNBA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Obama to Make Clean Energy Pledge With Canada, Mexico at Summit twitter:description: At the North American Leader Summit twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8da1e58309563339/698899aa656a3f2e9fbcc125/barack-obama2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Obama to Make Clean Energy Pledge With Canada, Mexico at Summit > Sponsored content. 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Brendan Smialowski—AFP/Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jun 27, 2016 10:33 PM UTC President Obama and leaders from Mexico and Canada will pledge that North America will get half of its power from clean energy sources by 2025. White House officials announced the pledge ahead of the North American Leader Summit in Ottawa, also known as the “Three Amigos summit,” which President Obama will travel to on Wednesday. Under the pledge, all three countries will agree to obtain energy from sources including renewable energy sources, nuclear power, power plants that utilize carbon capture and storage, and energy efficiency. According to the White House, 37% of North America’s energy was “clean” in 2015—with Canada producing the most clean energy, followed by the U.S. and Mexico. In the U.S., about a third of the energy generated in 2015 was from nuclear and renewable sources, according to the [U.S. Energy Information Administration](https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=427&t=3). The clean energy pledge was first reported by [CBC News](http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/three-amigos-summit-climate-policies-1.3654166) on Monday. Senior Advisor to the President Brian Deese said Monday the U.S. will work to increase its share of clean energy generation via the Clean Power Plan and policies like the expansion of tax credits for the production of wind and solar energy. In a press call Wednesday, White House officials acknowledged that the announcement has come on the tail end of Obama’s last term in office, but projected confidence that climate-friendly policies would continue under the president’s successor. “The transformation of the Amercian energy sector that is underway is going to continue,” Deese said. Climate-conscious policies, however, have a better shot under likely Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton than Republican Donald Trump, who has called global warming a hoax. The White House said the pledge will be a part of a more comprehensive pledge the three countries would be signing at the summit. 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