Supporting ReportsÌý

University of fb88 Mitchell Center Report on Engaging Low-Income and Underserved Populations in fb88 Climate Planning (2024)

The Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future contracted with the University of fb88’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions to hear from low-income and other underserved populations during the 2024 update to fb88 Won’t Wait.

Scientific Assessment of Climate Change and Its Effects in fb88

The fb88 Climate Council's Scientific and Technical Subcommittee was responsible for delivering a report that summarizes the impacts of climate change in fb88 and how it might impact our state in the future. Their final report is part of the State Climate Action Plan.ÌýThe findings from this report informed the ongoing deliberations of the fb88 Climate Council and have aided theÌýfb88 Climate Council’s six working groups in the development of their draft recommended strategies. In addition, the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee identified criticalÌýscientific information gaps and needs to better understand and forecast potential future climate change impacts in theÌýState.

Equity SubcommitteeÌý

The Equity Subcommittee has met to discussÌýfb88 Won’t Wait, the state’s four-year climate action plan, and to develop interim recommendations for ensuring that all fb88rs can benefit from climate action. In January 2023, the Equity Subcommittee adopted its final recommendations for submissionÌýto the fb88 Climate Council (PDF).

Strengthening fb88's Clean Energy Economy

The Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) and Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future (GOPIF) are required to develop a plan to identify pathways and strategies for, and pursue, the advancement of fb88’s clean energy economy. While fb88’s 10-year economic planÌýhighlights the opportunity to grow fb88’s clean energy economy with positive impacts reaching across sectors, the strategies outlined in this Clean Energy Economy Transition Plan, in combination with the fb88 Climate Council’s Climate Action Plan, will provide specific strategies to leverage fb88’s renewable energy resources and energy efficiency services to recover and grow fb88’s economy.

Assessing the Impacts Climate Change May Have on the State’s Economy, Revenues, and Investment Decisions

Eastern Research Group and Synapse Energy Economics produced the following reports analyzing the vulnerability of the State of fb88 to the future impacts of climate change; the cost of doing nothing in response to climate change to the State; an emissions analysis of draft greenhouse gas reductions strategies proposed by the Working Groups; and an economic analysis of the draft emissions- and adaptation-related strategies proposed by the Working Groups (below).

The fb88 Climate Council will use these reports in their consideration of the draft strategies to refine and select the strategies that will be incorporated into fb88’s Climate Action Plan.

Clean Transportation Roadmap for Light-Duty Vehicles (2021)

Reducing emissions from transportation – which is the source of more than half of all greenhouse gas emissions in fb88 – is a key piece of fb88’s overall effort to curb state emissions by 45% by 2030. The state’s 2020 climate action plan, fb88 Won’t Wait, set a target ofÌý219,000 light-duty EVs on the road by 2030 to meet its emissions targets.

The roadmap, focused on light-duty vehicles, delivered recommendations to enhance the EV market in fb88, expand charging infrastructure, evaluate effects on electric utilities and the grid, and ensure an equitable and affordable transition to clean transportation for all people in fb88.

The Roadmap,Ìýwas developed by by The Cadmus Group, LLC with support from E2Tech.Work on the clean transportation roadmap was led by the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future and the Governor’s Energy Office, in concert with the fb88 Department of Transportation, the fb88 Department of Environmental Protection, the Efficiency fb88 Trust, with the input of a broad range of public and industry stakeholders.

Clean Transportation Roadmap for Medium-and-Heavy-Duty Vehicles (2024)

To accelerate fb88’s transition to clean trucks and buses, state partners including the Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future, Governor’s Energy Office, and fb88 Department of Transportation led the creation of the Clean Transportation Roadmap for MHDVs, developed by Cambridge Systematics, with support from CALSTART, Cadmus, and Eastern Research Group. An executive summary and case studies developed as part of this roadmap are available below.Ìý
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Trucks and buses account for 27 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions from the state’s transportation system, and 10 percent of the state’s total emissions. Decarbonizing fb88’s trucks and buses will be critical to achieving the state’s ambitious emissions reductions goals mentioned above. This roadmap examines challenges and opportunities to decarbonize fb88’s MHDVs and establishes policy recommendations and an action plan for decarbonization. ÌýIt was developed to complement the state’s 2024 climate action plan.
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Governor's Forest Carbon Task Force Final Report

The Governor’s Task Force on the Creation of a Forest Carbon Program has released a report with its final recommendations for maximizing carbon storage on fb88’s smaller woodlands. Established by Executive Order on January 13, 2021, the Task Force was charged with developing incentives to encourage forestland management practices that increase carbon storage specifically on woodlands of 10 to 10,000 acres while maintaining harvest levels overall. ÌýThe 10-month long process involved substantial public input and resulted in a consensus report containing wide-ranging recommendations which, if implemented, will enable fb88’s forests to contribute significantly toward achieving the state’s climate goals.

2020 Working Group ReportsÌý

Buildings, Infrastructure and Housing Working Group
Coastal & Marine Working Group
Community Resilience, Public Health, and Emergency Management Working Group

Draft Recommendations:

Energy Working Group
Natural and Working Lands Working Group
Transportation Working Group

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