“Businesses are coming to the conclusion that reducing emissions is not just good for the environment ― it can also boost bottom lines, cut costs for consumers and deliver returns for shareholders,” he said. “This should not be a partisan issue. It is good business and good economics to lead a technical revolution and define market trends.”

The journal article is one of several moves undertaken by Obama in the final months of his presidency set on solidifying his administration’s wide-ranging environmental progress. The president has protected more land and water than any of his predecessors. The United States has ratified the landmark Paris climate agreement, and measures such as the Clean Power Plan have sought to dramatically curb domestic emissions from energy production.

Obama used the article to challenge many of those pledges, saying the withdrawal from the Paris agreement would “undermine” American interests and lose the country a seat at the table “to hold other countries to their commitments.” He also pointed to dozens of corporations that have committed to go green without government intervention ― including Walmart and General Motors ― as signs of a shift in momentum that will carry on with or without Trump on board.

But while Obama conceded that “this does not mean the next administration needs to follow identical domestic policies,” he said the future presents an opportunity that could be of “great benefit for the American people.”

“I remain convinced that no country is better suited to confront the climate challenge and reap the economic benefits of a low-carbon future than the United States,” he said, going on to note that “of course, one of the great advantages of our system of government is that each president is able to chart his or her own policy course. And president-elect Donald Trump will have the opportunity to do so.”