--- description: TIME asked leaders across a range of industries to share their thoughts on the 2022 goals that will help ensure we avoid climate-related catastrophe. title: Climate Targets for 2022 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c20d4640960cb7c/698a2141db29874ca92675bc/one.point_.five_.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Climate](/section/climate/) ## Climate Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # To Address Climate Change, Here Are the Goals We Need To Meet In 2022 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2022 1:00 PM CUT  An activist with 1.5 written on their hand and face mask—representing the goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels—demonstrating at the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on Nov. 10, 2021. An activist with 1.5 written on their hand and face mask—representing the goal to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels—demonstrating at the COP26 U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on Nov. 10, 2021.Andy Buchanan—AFP/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2022 1:00 PM CUT The environmental crisis we’re facing can seem insurmountable. It’s true we’re falling behind in adapting to reality, and the window of opportunity is closing—but it’s also not too late. We just need to take concrete and immediate steps forward. To that end, we’ve asked leaders across a range of industries to share their thoughts on the 2022 goals that will help ensure we avoid climate-related catastrophe. * [**Fossil Fuel Companies Say They Want to Help Fight Climate Change. Here’s What They Should Do**](https://time.com/6132547/fossil-fuel-companies-climate-change/ "undefined"), by John Browne, chairman of BeyondNetZero and former CEO of BP * [**Imagine If The Rich Countries That Caused Climate Change Actually Took Responsibility**](https://time.com/6137289/climate-change-responsibility/ "undefined")**,** by Surangel S. Whipps Jr., President of Palau * [**There’s a Way to End Energy Poverty—And It Has the Side Effect of Making Fossil Fuels Obsolete**](https://time.com/6137298/solar-power-africa/ "undefined")**,** by Nicole Poindexter, founder and CEO of Energicity Corp * [**What Norway Can Teach the World About Switching to Electric Vehicles**](https://time.com/6133180/norway-electric-vehicles/ "undefined"), by Christina Bu, secretary general of the Norwegian EV Association * [**I’m a CEO at One of the World’s Biggest Shipping and Logistics Companies. Here’s How My Industry Can Go Green,**](https://time.com/6133340/shipping-carbon-emissions-net-zero/ "undefined") by Vincent Clerc, CEO of Ocean & Logistics at A.P. Moeller-Maersk * [**Don’t Sell Your Fossil-Fuel Stock If You Want to Make a Climate-Change Difference in 2022**](https://time.com/6138266/fossil-fuel-divestment-downside/ "undefined"), by Chris James, the founder and executive chairman of Engine No. 1 * [**How School Buses Can Be a Force for Climate Change Good**](https://time.com/6138439/american-school-bus-electric-climate-change/ "undefined"), by John Doerr, engineer and venture capitalist _Bookmark_ [_this page_](http://time.com/climate-goals-2022 "undefined")_; we’ll be adding more over the next few days._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6133373/climate-targets-for-2022/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6133373/climate-targets-for-2022/"},"headline":"To Address Climate Change, Here Are the Goals We Need To Meet In 2022","datePublished":"2022-01-06T13:00:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T10:41:46.763Z","description":"TIME asked leaders across a range of industries to share their thoughts on the 2022 goals that will help ensure we avoid climate-related catastrophe.","url":"https://time.com/6133373/climate-targets-for-2022/","keywords":["climate change","healthscienceclimate"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c20d4640960cb7c/698a2141db29874ca92675bc/one.point_.five_.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Climate","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2c20d4640960cb7c/698a2141db29874ca92675bc/one.point_.five_.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BRITAIN-UN-CLIMATE-COP26","caption":"BRITAIN-UN-CLIMATE-COP26","creditText":"Andy Buchanan—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/climate/","name":"Climate"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6133373/climate-targets-for-2022/","name":"To Address Climate Change, Here Are the Goals We Need To Meet In 2022"}}]}] ```