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Publications National Climate Change Issues Climate Change as Economic Stimulus by the Center for Climate Strategies, November 2008. (An economic analysis of 20 state climate action plans scaled up to a national level. Includes discussion of the economic savings and job creating aspects of climate mitigation options.)
State Climate Change Issues State Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Plans - State's plans are available by clicking the map on our home page. (Some plans are under development.)
Colorado – Chapter 8, Water Adaptation CCS first worked on climate adaptation planning with the state of Colorado, focusing specifically on adaptation issues related to water. The Colorado Climate Action Panel's recommendations are in Chapter 8 of its larger report:
More recently, states have begun to address adaptation in concert with their mitigation planning. Alaska launched its Adaptation Working Group in May 2008. Maryland approved its final report in mid-July 2008 and Florida's Climate Action Plan was approved in October, 2008. Transportation and Land Use Improvements - Transportation Strategies to Mitigate Climate Change by Tiffany Batac and Lewison Lem, Ph.D., in Leadership and Management in Engineering (July 2008).
Regional Climate Action Planning Federal and State Climate Policy Integration
Governors on the March, by Ken Colburn, Michael Northrop and David Sassoon, June 2008 in Environmental Finance. States Take the Lead on Climate, by Michael Northrop and David Sassoon, June 2008 in Environment 360, the online magazine from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
State Climate Policy Development Consensus Building and Conflict Resolution
- Climate Action Planning in the States: Structured Stakeholder Processes Show Stimulating Results, Kenneth A. Colburn, Center for Climate Strategies Project Manager, in EM, April 2009, the monthly magazine of the Air and Waste Management Association. This issue of the magazine looks at how states have developed their own greenhouse gas inventories, assessed alternative strategies, and adopted goals, regulations and incentives for energy conservation and GHG reductions. The article describes CCS’s experience in bringing disparate interests together to develop effective mitigation and adaptation solutions.
- Reducing Conflicts Between Climate Policy and Energy Policy in the U.S.: The Important Role of States, by CCS President Thomas D. Peterson and Adam Z. Rose, Energy Policy 34 (5), March 26, 2006
Economic Analysis Sector-Specific Climate Actions CCS has developed a set of Catalogs and accompanying Brief Descriptions of sector-specific GHG reducing actions. These are examples of policies and programs that various state, local, and private actors have considered and/or adopted in their climate plans.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories and Projections
CCS works with states to develop an understanding of their current and projected emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). These inventories and forecasts (I&F) are an important part of planning to mitigate GHGs. In states where CCS has assisted with a comprehensive climate planning process, an I&F is a first step. (Copies of I&F reports for these CCS-assisted states are available on their climate planning websites, linked on the map on the CCS homepage. They are: AL, AR, AZ, CO, IA, FL, KS, KY MI, MD, MT, NC, NM, NY, SC, and VT.) For the Western Regional Air Partnership (WRAP) CCS developed inventory and projection reports for five western states as part of the WRAP effort. More Materials
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Whitman & Peterson: Climate Bill Should Top the Congress’ To-Do List
As Congress approaches the August recess, our economy, energy and environmental security needs still top the to-do list of the president and Congress. This summer the Center for Climate Strategies and the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition have outlined how Congress can put a national strategy in place that gets all three on the same page: by passing comprehensive national climate change and energy policy that reflects our best policy options for immediate action.
New Climate and Energy Policies Could Create 2.5 Million Jobs, Hold Down Energy Costs
July 22, 2010 -- New greenhouse gas emissions and energy policies at the Federal level could generate as many as 2.5 million new jobs and $134 billion in economic activity in the U.S. while keeping energy costs down, according to a new report from the Center for Climate Strategies, published with Johns Hopkins University.
Colorado legislature raises state RES, move seen creating jobs
A coalition of stakeholders who worked on the Colorado Climate Panel's were critical to the new legislation’s passage. Since investor-owned utilities supply 60% of Colorado’s electricity, this implements most of the Panel recommendation (adopted by the Governor) on renewable energy standards (RES).
Analysis Says Energy Bill would Boost GDP, Jobs
The Clean Energy Jobs Act, recently introduced in the Wisconsin legislature, can create jobs and improve the state's economy according to a recent Center for Climate Strategies study.
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