Beto O'Rourke Announcesbr $5 Trillion Climate Crisis Plan O’Rourke has released a four-pillar framework tobr combat the issue of climate change, marking thebr first major policy proposal of his campaign. He has always been outspoken on climatebr change being the “greatest threat” to our nation. Beto O’Rourke,br via statement O’Rourke proposed executive actionbr within his first 100 days as president, such as rejoining the Paris climatebr agreement, raising efficiency standardsbr and strengthening hazardous waste limits. He also detailed long term action such asbr creating more national parks and setting abr net-zero emissions carbon budget for federal land. O’Rourke plans to allot $5 trillion over abr 10 year period to upgrade infrastructure,br create tax incentives and fund research.