List of climate change initiatives

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This is a list of climate change initiatives of international, national, regional, and local political initiatives to take action on climate change (global warming).

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A Climate Action Plan (CAP) is a set of strategies intended to guide efforts for climate change mitigation. [1]

International initiatives

Europe

RegionName of initiativeSince
European Space Agency Climate Change Initiative [2] 2010
European Union, plus Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein European Union Emissions Trading Scheme 2005
European Union European Climate Change Programme June 2000
Germany The International Climate Initiative (IKI) 2008
Germany European Climate Initiative (EUKI) [3] 2017

North America

RegionName of initiativeSince
New England and Eastern Canadian provinces New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) Climate Change Action Plan 2001 28 August 2001
Washington, Oregon, and CaliforniaWest Coast Governors' Global Warming InitiativeNovember 2004
Western states of Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Québec of Canada, with various Indian nations, US and Mexican states, and Canadian provinces as interested observersWCI, the Western Climate Initiative (formerly Western Regional Climate Action Initiative)24 April 2007
Mid-western states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Kansas, and the Canadian province of Manitoba; observers include Indiana, Ohio, South Dakota, and the Canadian province of Ontario Midwest Governors' Accord, the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord 15 November 2007
Arizona and New Mexico Southwest Climate Change Initiative2008
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Virginia with other eastern states and Canadian provinces as observers Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative 2009
Open to all U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and Mexican states, but current participants are Arizona, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington [4] North America 20502012

National initiatives

CountryName of initiative
Australia Carbon pricing in Australia, also known as the Clean Energy Plan
Canada Canada's Initiative
Ireland Climate Action Plan [5]
New Zealand New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
Nigeria Reduction from Business as Usual (BAU) [6]
South Africa Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Project
United Kingdom United Kingdom Climate Change Programme
United States

Local initiatives

United States

StateName of initiative
California Global Warming Solutions Act
Connecticut Connecticut's Initiative
City or countyName of initiative
ICLEI campaigns for cities in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the United StatesCCP, Cities for Climate Protection
Baltimore Baltimore Climate Action Plan [7]
Boulder, Colorado Boulder Climate Action Plan
Chicago Chicago Climate Action Plan
Cincinnati Green Cincinnati Plan [7]
Cleveland Cleveland Climate Action Plan [7]
Detroit Detroit Climate Action Collaborative [7]
Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Climate Action Plan [8] [9]
City of Los Angeles, California L.A.'s Green New Deal Sustainability Plan 2019 [10]
County of Los Angeles, California Our County Regional Sustainability Plan [11]
New York City New York City Panel on Climate Change
Oakland, California City of Oakland Energy and Climate Action Plan
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Climate Initiative [7]
San Diego San Diego Climate Action Plan
San Francisco San Francisco Climate Action Plan
Seattle Seattle Climate Action Plan

Canada

On the municipal and regional level, many cities have created climate action plans. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities coordinates local climate action through a program called Partners for Climate Protection. [12]

Provincial plans

ProvinceName of initiative
OntarioA Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan [13]
British ColumbiaCleanBC [14]
SascatchewenPrairie Resilience [15]

Regional or municipal plans

City or regionName of initiative
Toronto TransformTO
Ottawa Climate Change Master Plan [16]
Region of Waterloo TransformWR [17]
Hamilton Hamilton Climate Action Strategy [18]
Greater Sudbury Community Energy and Emissions Plan [19]
Québec City Plan de transition et d'action climatique [20]
Montréal Climate Plan [21]
Vancouver Climate Emergency Action Plan [22]
Winnipeg Winnipeg Climate Action Plan [23]
Calgary Calgary Climate Strategy [24]
Edmonton Climate Resilient Edmonton [25]
Saskatoon Saskatoon Climate Action Plan [26]
Regina Renewable Regina [27]
Halifax HalifACT [28]
Saint John Municipal Energy Efficiency Program [29]
Fredericton Climate Change Adaptation Plan [30]
Charlottetown Charlottetown Climate Action Plan [31]
Mississauga Climate Change Action Plan [32]

See also

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