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Alabama
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Alaska
- HBl 374 / 2018
This law enables utilities to offer on-bill financing agreements for renewable energy, energy efficiency, and storage in residences or buildings.
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- SB 22 / 2023
An Act relating to the renewable energy grant fund and recommendation program was first established in 200 and supported a hydroelectric project in King Cove, a community-scale solar project in Galena, and hundreds of other energy efficiency programs. Set to expire in 2023, this bill renews the program to 2033.
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Arizona
Designers can play a major role in this comprehensive decarbonization plan, which establishes a timeframe for utilities to fully decarbonize electricity supply by 2050, with interim goals such as cutting carbon emissions in half by 2032 and by 75% by 2040.
Governors from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming agreed to provide a framework for the creation of an Intermountain West EV Corridor that will make it possible to drive an EV across major transportation corridors in the west.
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- EO 2005-05 / 2005
This executive order requires all state-funded buildings to meet at least the LEED Silver standard, creating the opportunity for designers to integrate green design into state-funded buildings.
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Arkansas
- Act 464 / 2019
This act grants third-party financing of solar panels and for net-metering customers to connect surplus power to the public-utility power grid, hugely expanding solar-powered design in Arkansas.
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To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
California
- SR 34 / 2023
Through this resolution, California formally declares climate restoration –– achieved through net-zero and net-negative CO2 emissions –– a climate priority. Moreover, it calls on the State Air Resources Board to urge the United States Ambassador to the United Nations to make a common climate goal to restore and stabilize greenhouse gas levels.
- AB 2446 / 2022
This law regarding embodied carbon emissions and construction materials develops a framework for measuring and reducing average carbon intensity in the materials of new residential and commercial buildings, with the aim of the state’s building sector to achieve 40% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions no later than 2035.
- AB 1757 / 2022
This law requires the state to develop carbon dioxide removal targets through natural carbon sequestration and nature-based climate solutions for natural and working lands that reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the interim dates of 2030, 2038, and 2045.
- AB 1279 / 2022
Designers can help California actualize its Climate Crisis Act which sets forth the plan to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions to at least 40% below 1990 levels by 2030 and 85% below 1990 levels by 2045.
- SB 905 / 2022
Designers interested in using carbon capture, removal, utilization or storage can refer to this bill, which establishes a program to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and viability of carbon capture, utilization, or storage (CCUS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies.
- SB 1314 / 2022
California prohibits injecting carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery, opening up opportunities for designers interested in incorporating carbon capture, utilization, or storage (CCUS) and carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies that do not produce more oil.
- AB 2836 / 2022
The Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program creates grants for projects that reduce air pollutants and encourages cleaner transportation practices through the establishment of a vehicle levy for air pollution controls.
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- SB 596 / 2021
An important bill for designers working with cement in California, this act directs the California Air Resources Board to develop and implement a plan to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in the cement sector no later than 2045.
- SB 68 / 2021
This bill promotes building electrification by requiring the California Energy Commission to publish guidance and best practices for designers, building owners, and local governments to transition to electric equipment and appliances, and to construct electrified buildings with electric vehicle charging capabilities. It includes financial incentives for technological advancements that reduce building electrification costs.
The Buy Clean California Act requires the state establish and publish the maximum acceptable Global Warming Potential (GWP) limit for structural steel, concrete reinforcing steel, flat glass, and mineral wool board insulation.
- EO N-79-20 / 2020
This Executive Order incentivizes the design of electrified transportation vehicle technology and infrastructure in California, setting the course to end internal combustion passenger vehicle sales by 2035.
- SB 100 / 2018
This law requires that electric companies and public utilities source 100% of energy from renewable sources by December 31, 2045, ensuring designers can steadily rely on clean energy for design.
- SB 375 / 2008
Designers can refer to the plans that the Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) put forward to meet greenhouse gas targets as required by this law, the Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act. MPOs are to develop sustainable community strategies that include transportation and sustainable housing.
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To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
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Colorado
- SB 22-206 / 2022
This bill provides financial support to design and rebuild homes or commercial buildings that are climate resilient, energy efficient, and use renewable energy with battery storage in response to destructive extreme weather events.
- SB 22-193 / 2022
Section 1 creates grants awarded to private entities, local and tribal governments, and public-private partnerships to decarbonize industrial and manufacturing operations as well as a sustainable cannabis fund. Additional sections address further decarbonization efforts, such as transportation electrification.
- HB 22-1159 / 2022
This act created the Circular Economy Development Center to provide the state with the necessary infrastructure, systems, logistics, and marketing to expand recycling and composting systems toward a more circular economy.
- HB 22-1249 / 2022
The Electric Grid Resilience and Reliability Roadmap requires Colorado agencies to develop a plan for grid reliance and reliability, emphasizing the use of microgrids to enhance grid strength. This plan facilitates the development of electric grid reliant and resilient structures in the built environment, essential for accommodating increased renewable energy generation.
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- SB 22-118 / 2022
To encourage geothermal energy use, this bill provides similar legal treatment to geothermal as solar energy by establishing a statewide energy performance standard for commercial and multi-family buildings, marking a boost for designers seeking to integrate geothermal energy into the built environment.
- HB 19-1261 / 2019
Designers have a major role to play in actualizing this bill’s overarching plan to decarbonize Colorado by 2050. To achieve this goal, Colorado created a roadmap and timeframe to reduce greenhouse gas levels below 2005 emissions as follows: 26% by 2025, 50% by 2030, and 90% by 2050.
Applicable to new buildings, roof permits, and additions to structures over 25,000 square feet, this ordinance serves as a crucial tool for the design community to drive decarbonization efforts in the built environment by mandating compliance with energy efficiency standards, green building practices, and renewable energy integration in new and renovated buildings.
Governors from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming agreed to provide a framework for the creation of an Intermountain West EV Corridor that will make it possible to drive an EV across major transportation corridors in the west.
How to Participate
To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
Connecticut
- SB 1147 / 2023
The Connecticut legislature is considering a bill that would enhance their environmental justice statute and ensure that proposed designs are not environmentally hazardous to the surrounding community. The proposed measures include preserving public participation processes for permits, implementing a tool to assess existing environmental and health stressors, and granting governing agencies the authority to deny or impose conditions on permits for polluting facilities in environmental justice communities.
IES is a dynamic clean energy initiative that fosters collaboration between private companies and utilities. Its primary goal is to drive decarbonization efforts and promote sustainable practices to enhance Connecticut's grid. By providing funding, technical assistance, and streamlining processes, the program facilitates the development of innovative pilot programs, technologies, products, and services.
- SB 10 / 2022
Designers can play a pivotal role in helping Connecticut actualize SB 10. This bill sets ambitious goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions: 10% below 1990 levels by 2020, 45% below 2001 levels by 2030, complete elimination of greenhouse gas emissions associated with electricity supplied to electric customers by 2040, and an 80% reduction below 2001 levels by 2050.
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- SB 356 / 2021
Designers can help enact this retrofit grant program, which will provide funds for energy-efficient upgrades in affordable housing units and other eligible dwellings, including weatherization measures, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, heat pumps and ventilation, and the mitigation of exposure to environmental health hazards.
- Public Act 19-35 / 2019
The Green Economy and Environmental Protection bill amends Connecticut's building construction statute by adopting high-performance building standards aligned with the International Green Construction Code. This legislation aims to promote better environmental practices in the construction sector, fostering energy efficiency and sustainability in state and school buildings.
How to Participate
To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
Delaware
- SB 2 / 2023
This bill promotes community-based solar adoption by removing barriers and establishing consumer protections. It allows for various ownership models, larger project sizes, and eliminates location restrictions for customers. Additionally, it mandates that at least 15% of customers be low income. Designers can contribute by integrating these solar systems into the built environment.
- SB 21 / 2021
To accelerate electric vehicle adoption in Delaware, this act amends Title 29 of the Delaware Code to allow state agencies to install electric vehicle charging stations on state-owned or leased properties.
The Energy Performance Contracting Act requires state agency facilities to invest in energy conservation measures that reduce energy consumption, save costs, and improve indoor air quality through building or renovating public facilities.
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This code for energy conservation ensures buildings are compliant with outlined building codes and that relevant agencies establish a program to promote the construction of zero net energy homes. As of 2025, all new residential buildings must be zero net energy capable, the same for commercial buildings by 2030.
- RGI / 2009
Participating states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) agree to a regional cap on CO2 emissions, reducing emissions and raising money to invest into local communities, such as clean energy programs, energy efficiency, and bill assistance to local businesses and communities.
How to Participate
To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
Florida
- CS for SB 1764 / 2022
This grant program addresses the need for renewable energy solutions and waste management by promoting the construction of municipal solid waste to energy facilities. Municipal solid waste-to-energy facilities utilize controlled combustion to thermally break down solid waste and produce electricity, steam, or other forms of energy, reducing landfill waste by about 87%.
- SB 7018 / 2020
Related to Section 3 of this bill, Florida governing agencies are required to assess, plan, and design the development of electric vehicle charging station infrastructure along the State Highway System.
- Rule 25-6.065 / 2019
To reduce fossil fuel dependence in Florida, Interconnection and Net Metering of Customer-Owned Renewable Generation promotes small-customer owned renewable energy generation. Net metering is a crucial component which allows customers to offset their electricity consumption, facilitating the integration of renewable energy within the built environment.
- Statute 163.04 / 2019
This law fosters the growth of clean and sustainable power sources by granting individuals the freedom to adopt renewable energy devices without unnecessary restrictions. It aims to safeguard the development of solar energy in Florida by prohibiting any ordinance by a local governing body that hinders the installation of solar technology.
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Miami promotes sustainable design through requiring developers of projects over 7,000 square feet to pay a 5% fee of construction costs towards city climate mitigation efforts, with a partial refund for buildings that acquire LEED certification.
- Orlando Ordinance 2016-64 / 2016
Designers can influence how building owners reshape Orlando structures to be more energy efficient through complying with Orlando’s ordinance, which requires building owners to conduct an energy audit or retro-commissioning every five years unless their building earns an ENERGY STAR score at or above 50.
- PACE Program / 2010
Designers can recommend the use of this financing tool that provides 100% of the costs associated with resilience and energy efficiency upgrades or installations through long-term, fixed-rate financing. The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) is an affordable and accessible pathway to implement energy-saving technologies for property.
How to Participate
To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
Georgia
- Atlanta Ordinance 17-O-1654 / 2017
This ordinance mandates that developers, designers, and builders make all new residential homes and public parking facilities able to accommodate electric vehicles, with 20% of spaces in new commercial, multi-family, or new residential home parking “EV ready.”
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To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
Hawaii
- SB 3325 / 2022
Hawaii’s Carbon Smart Land Management Assistance Pilot Program financially incentivizes carbon sequestration activities which “increase local food production, improve soil health, and secure resilient water sources.”
- SB 1801 / 2022
Designers can use building materials that reduce the carbon footprint of all new state buildings as well as maximize each site’s energy generation potential and water efficiency. This law also sets deadlines for existing state facilities to implement cost-effective energy efficiency measures.
- Honolulu Bill 25 / 2020
This bill provides a set of regulations and guidelines to promote sustainability in the built environment by emphasizing energy-efficient materials, technologies, and design practices. As a result, designing with solar, wind, or other renewable energy sources are expected in accordance with this ordinance, as well as a portion of parking spaces for electric vehicles can be more readily designed for new residential and commercial buildings.
- Honolulu Ordinance 19-30 / 2019
Honolulu’s goal to reduce or eliminate carbon-based single-use plastics and polystyrene by 2030 creates new opportunities for designers to reimagine materials, reevaluate production processes, and prioritize the principles of circular economy and eco-design.
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- HB 623 / 2015
Designers can rely on sourcing renewable energy in Hawaii due to HB 623, which set benchmarks to increase renewable portfolio standards to 30% by December 2020, 70% by December 2040, and 100% by December 2045.
- SB 1087 / 2013
Designers can help integrate a wide array of green technologies through the Green Energy Market Securitization (GEMS) program. This bill establishes green infrastructure financing to make clean energy improvements more accessible to underserved community members, low and moderate income homeowners, renters, and nonprofits.
- SB 644 / 2009
This bill promotes the use of renewable energy sources in design by prohibiting the permitting of buildings without solar water heater systems in single-family residences. Moreover, it creates tax credits for solar thermal energy, wind-powered energy, and photovoltaic energy systems for single-family, multi-family, and commercial properties.
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To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
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Idaho
Governors from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming agreed to provide a framework for the creation of an Intermountain West EV Corridor that will make it possible to drive an EV across major transportation corridors in the west.
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To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
Illinois
- S2981 / 2022
The Transportation Infrastructure Act promotes the development of private-sector transportation infrastructure innovation through new design-build projects. This bill allows Illinois to contract with designers from the private sector to modernize and decarbonize transportation infrastructure.
- SB 2408 / 2021
Designers can help Illinois realize this sweeping climate action act, which includes provisions to phase out carbon emissions from energy and transportation sectors by subsidizing renewable energy integration across the built environment, and a program for justice-oriented, clean-energy jobs.
- HB 165 / 2021
This bill supported the University of Illinois’ Prairie Institute in generating a 2022 report regarding Illinois’ potential for carbon capture utilization and storage technology. Designers can draw from this report to co-develop relevant solutions for the built environment that safely and successfully manage carbon.
See the 2022 report
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- Rebuild Illinois / 2019
Designers can help decarbonization efforts through Rebuild Illinois projects that align with Illinois's goal to be carbon-free by 2050. Rebuild Illinois provides $33.2 billion over six years towards roads and bridges, mass transit, rail, miscellaneous transportation and electrification efforts, aeronautics, ports, and more.
- SB 2814 / 2017
Designers can rely on state support for increasing just, clean energy in the built environment through The Future Energy Jobs Act. SB2814 commits Illinois to reduce its carbon emissions by more than 50% from 2012 levels by 2030. Funding will focus on developing clean energy and include programs for low-income communities, such as the Illinois Solar for All program, community solar, and jobs training programs.
- Chicago Sustainable Development Policy / 2004, updated 2016
Chicago’s Sustainable Development Policy applies to new construction and renovations that receive financial assistance from the City. It offers compliance paths for designers through earning performance points or through LEED building certification or Living Building Challenge program certification.
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To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
Indiana
- HB 1209 / 2022
This law regards underground storage of carbon dioxide in relation to pore space ownership, liability, permitting, monitoring, and mineral rights primacy.
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- SB 451 / 2023
This law regards underground storage of carbon dioxide for the carbon sequestration project and defines “pore space.” It outlines that this project cannot use more than two pipelines and keep operations to Vigo and Vermillion counties. It outlines procedures for notification, compensation, and dispute resolution regarding the ownership and use of pore space, with provisions for mediation and civil action if necessary. It also sets limitations on monetary recovery in civil actions related to the project.
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To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
Iowa
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Kansas
- SB 91 / 2015
The Renewable Energy Standards Act, enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas, establishes a voluntary goal for utilities to generate 20% of their peak demand from renewable energy resources by 2020. The Act promotes renewable energy development to effectively utilize the state's natural resources. It also provides exemptions for property used for renewable energy resources from certain property taxes, aiming to incentivize investment in renewable energy infrastructure while ensuring fair taxation practices.
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Kentucky
- Statute 149.340 / 1998
Designers can recommend and use the Forest Stewardship Incentives Fund, which creates financial assistance to landowners developing stewardship plans related to reforestation and afforestation, forest, soil, and water protection and improvement, and a variety of related wildlife habitat improvements.
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To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
Louisiana
- Climate Action Plan / 2022
Created by the Climate Initiatives Task Force, designers can refer to Louisiana’s Climate Action Plan for policy guidance. Sections include Clean Energy Transition; Industrial Decarbonization; Actively Manage Methane Emissions; Transportation, Development, and the Built Environment; Natural Working Lands and Wetlands; An Inclusive, Low-Carbon Economy; Collaboration and Partnership to Ensure Successful Implementation; Accountability and Adaptability to Ensure Lasting Success.
- SB 460 / 2022
The Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment Network Act promotes the rapid development of statewide electric vehicle charging amenities by directing the Louisiana Public Service Commission to exclude vehicle charging stations from the definition of a public utility while establishing a rate structure for charging electric vehicles.
- EO 18 / 2020
Designers can help actualize Executive Order 18, which set the goal to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025, 40-50% below 2005 levels by 2030, and to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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- Act 339 / HB573 / 2018
House Bill No. 573 enacts Part XI of Chapter 10 of Title 38 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes, allowing political subdivisions to utilize outcome-based performance contracts for integrated coastal protection projects that aim to provide financing, design, construction, and monitoring services for coastal protection projects. The bill outlines the process for awarding contracts, including soliciting proposals, evaluating qualifications, and selecting contractors, with a focus on transparency and public interest.
- SB 205 / 2022
The bill grants soil and water conservation districts the authority to offer financial support for activities to enhance soil health.
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Maine
- HP 1227 / 2022
Designers are supported in their efforts to decarbonize housing through An Act To Promote Energy-efficient Affordable Housing, which provides the guidelines and expectation for rigorous levels of energy efficiency in the building of affordable housing.
- HP 1159 / 2022
The design community can help decarbonize commercial and industrial facilities through An Act To Provide Climate Change Transition Assistance for Maine's Energy-intensive Businesses. This Trust provides funding to reduce electricity consumption and increase energy efficiency by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and lowering energy costs.
- HP 696 / 2021
Product designers can anticipate customers from Maine to buy more efficient appliances. An Act To Establish Appliance Energy and Water Standards effectively adopts California’s appliance energy efficiency standards for products ranging from computers and service lighting to an array of plumbing fixtures.
- HP 65 / 2021
Maine is the first state to pass a law divesting public funds from oil, gas, and coal companies. This signifies a determined shift away from an economy and infrastructure reliant on fossil fuel and a growing opportunity to design for decarbonization.
- SP 184 / 2021
Designers can participate in decarbonizing schools with Maine’s Act To Support School Decarbonization, which provides the technological and financial support to help grades K-12 public, private, and charter schools to become carbon neutral.
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- EO 24 / 2021
To increase carbon storage in Maine’s forests, which cover 89% of the State, Maine’s Governor established a Forest Carbon Program: a voluntary, incentive-based initiative for woodland owners of 10 to 10,000 acres.
- SP 147 / 2021
An Act to Allow for the Establishment of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Programs (PACE) finances energy savings improvements for energy efficiency, weatherization, or the installation of renewable energy structures.
- SP 550 / 2019
Designers can play a major role in actualizing this bill’s overarching plan to decarbonize Maine by 2050, with 80% of electricity consumed in the State coming from renewable sources by 2030. Designers can refer to the Maine Climate Change Council and the climate action plan, which is updated every four years.
- RGI / 2009
Participating states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) agree to a regional cap on CO2 emissions, reducing emissions and raising money to invest into local communities, such as clean energy programs, energy efficiency, and bill assistance to local businesses and communities.
- HP 1045 / 2022
An Act to Achieve Carbon Neutrality in Maine by the Year 2045 states that by January 1, 2045, net annual greenhouse gas emission cannot exceed zero metric tons.
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Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
Maryland
Maryland became the first state to pursue a $2.5 million loan guarantee program to finance “natural climate solutions,” practices that reduce and store carbon in forests, grasslands, farmland, and wetlands.
- SB 215 / 2022
Designers can recommend Maryland’s Energy Storage System Grant Program, which issues grants to cover the costs of energy storage systems between $5,000 and $150,000.
- HB 772 / 2022
Maryland’s Energy and Water Efficiency Standards establish a set of minimum efficiency standards for new products by 2023 which must meet or exceed these standards by 2024. The new standards will affect a wide range of consumer, commercial, and industrial products.
- Montgomery County Bill 16-21 / 2021
An opportunity for designers to conduct retrofits, Montgomery County is the first county in the nation to establish a building energy performance standard policy. The bill provides technical assistance and sets a minimum energy performance threshold for existing buildings to improve energy performance.
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- HB 991 / 2021
The Tree Solutions Now Act establishes State goals to grow and maintain 5 million native trees by 2031, of which 500,000 are to be planted in “underserved areas.” This legislation also provides policy suggestions for the creation of a carbon offset market at the state level.
Designers play a crucial role in realizing Maryland's ambitious decarbonization goals. The Climate Solutions Now Act (SB 414) sets forth a plan to cut statewide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% from 2006 levels by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2045. The Clean Energy Jobs Act (HB 1158 and SB 516) further supports these efforts by aiming to increase the renewable energy portfolio standard to 100% by 2040, with an interim target of 50% by 2030.
- HB 1063 / 2017
Maryland’s Healthy Soils Program provides incentives and financial assistance to farmers to enhance soil through increasing biological activity and carbon sequestration in the soil.
- RGI / 2009
Participating states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) agree to a regional cap on CO2 emissions, reducing emissions and raising money to invest into local communities, such as clean energy programs, energy efficiency, and bill assistance to local businesses and communities.
How to Participate
To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
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Massachusetts
- S2120 / 2023
This 2023 proposed amendment to Chapter 25A of the General Laws would require that detached one and two family homes must install a solar energy system capable of generating a minimum of 80 percent of the anticipated average yearly electricity consumption for dwellings of comparable dimensions. While there is some possibility for exemption, non-compliance will result in penalties up to $10,000.
- S9 / 2021
Designers can help actualize An Act Creating a Next-Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy, which sets the goal of greenhouse gas reduction targets of 50% by 2030, 75% by 2040, and net-zero by 2050. The bill outlines voluntary energy efficient building codes for municipalities, creates new appliance efficiency standards, and increases investment in renewable energy while protecting Environmental Justice Communities.
- EO 594 / 2021
Designers can help redesign governmental buildings, public open spaces, vehicles, roads, and highways with the support of Executive Order 594 – Decarbonizing and Minimizing Environmental Impacts of State Government. This order hopes to set an example by investing in decarbonized infrastructure and technology.
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Designers can help avoid the price of carbon by designing for decarbonization. HB2810 puts a price on carbon dioxide pollution and establishes the greenhouse gas pollution charges rebate fund, which invests 30% of all revenue towards local clean transportation, resiliency, and renewable energy projects. Senate Bill 2477 establishes an economy-wide carbon pricing that leaves the program design to future gubernatorial administrations to decide on what market-based carbon reduction mechanisms to use.
- RGI / 2009
Participating states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) agree to a regional cap on CO2 emissions, reducing emissions and raising money to invest into local communities, such as clean energy programs, energy efficiency, and bill assistance to local businesses and communities.
How to Participate
To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
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Michigan
- MI Healthy Climate Plan / 2021
- Charge Up / 2021
These two initiatives can advance Michigan’s electric vehicle infrastructure and workforce landscape. MI Health Climate Plan is the state’s action plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition toward economy-wide carbon neutrality in 2050, with interim goals to reduce GHG by 54% from 2005 levels by 2030. Charge Up provides $1.25 million in funding to develop a charging infrastructure along Lake Michigan’s EV Circuit’s route.
- MAC-EJ / 2020
Designers can refer to the Michigan Advisory Council on Environmental Justice to guide their projects towards more equitable outcomes that support environmental justice.
- A2ZERO / 2020
Designers have the opportunity to help Ann Arbor achieve its ambitious goal of making the community carbon neutral by 2030, supported by the unanimously adopted A2Zero Climate Action Plan of 2020.
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The Department of Natural Resources stipulates that industries that produce carbon emissions may purchase carbon offset credits. On 100,000 acres of the Pigeon River Country State Forest, The Big Wild Forest Carbon Project began in 2020 as the first in the nation to use state forest lands as a carbon market.
Designers can help Michigan actualize its decarbonization goals: Executive Order 182 establishes the Council on Climate Solutions to expand Michigan’s climate efforts; Executive Order 10 creates the goal for Michigan to be carbon neutral by 2050; Executive Order 12 aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 28% below 2005 levels by 2025.
- SB 342 / 2016
The Clean and Renewable Energy and Energy Waste Reduction Act sets the goal to meet 35% of the state’s energy needs with renewable energy by 2025.
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Minnesota
- HF 7 / 2023
The design community can more readily rely on an infrastructure supportive of decarbonization due to this bill, which requires utilities in the state to provide at least 55% of the electricity from renewables by 2035 and 100% carbon-free sources by 2040.
Minnesota’s Governor released this climate action framework, with millions invested in developing solar energy, promoting electric transportation, improving working lands, carbon storage, and climate adaptation and resilience measures.
- Environmental Review / 1973, 2022
Minnesota requires developers of new highways, industrial plants, livestock feedlots and large housing developments to calculate their project’s carbon footprint and consider how to reduce their impact on the climate under an updated environmental review in the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act.
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- SB 2030 / 2008
All new construction and renovation projects that receive general obligation bond funding from the State must meet the SB 2030 Energy Standard, which decreases permissible energy use every five years so that in 2030 a 100% reduction (net-zero carbon) is achieved.
- SF 2706 / 2008, 2006
As part of Minnesota’s Sustainable Buildings 2030 standards, the legislature authorized $500,000 annually to the Center for Sustainable Building Research for the development of training for “architects, engineers, commissioning agents, technicians, contractors, equipment suppliers, developers, and others in the building industries.”
- 216H.02 / 2007
Designers can help Minnesota actualize its decarbonization goals: Minnesota outlined the aim to reduce greenhouse gas levels 30% below 2005 levels by 2025 and 80% below 2005 levels by 2050.
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Mississippi
- 2021-AD-19 / 2021
Designers can advocate for incorporating solar through the support of the Mississippi Public Service Commission’s net metering rule, which creates a $3,500 incentive for the installation of rooftop solar with at least 50% of the funds dedicated to low-income customers.
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Missouri
- St. Louis Board Bill No. 219 / 2020
The Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS) bill seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, drive energy efficiency improvements in buildings, and boost economic growth in St. Louis by requiring buildings larger than 50,000 square feet to meet their set energy performance standard by May 2025, to be reviewed and updated every four years.
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Montana
Montana Climate Solutions Council provides recommendations to the Governor, legislature, and citizens of Montana. Designers can refer to the 2020 report, which outlines strategies for net greenhouse gas neutrality for average annual electric loads in the state by 2035 and economy-wide by 2050.
- EO 8-2019 / 2019
Designers can anticipate state-wide decarbonization strategies and recommendations since the Governor established the Montana Climate Solutions Council and joined Montana to the U.S. Climate Alliance through EO 8-2019.
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- SB 337 / 2019
Designers can assist their clients in getting tax benefits by using renewable energy. This bill introduces a credit for investing in alternative energy systems for commercial or net metering. If an entity invests $5000 or more in property that qualifies under the Internal Revenue Code for a commercial or net metering system and generates energy from renewable sources, they can qualify for tax credits.
Governors from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming agreed to provide a framework for the creation of an Intermountain West EV Corridor that will make it possible to drive an EV across major transportation corridors in the west.
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Nebraska
- BP-SD-05 / 2021
The Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) committed to achieve “net-zero” carbon emissions from NPPD generation resources by 2050. Nebraska is the only state in the country with fully publicly owned power.
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Nevada
- SB 448 / 2021
Nevada is investing $100 million in transportation electrification across the state, creating partial tax abatements for certain renewable energy facilities and furthering energy efficiency through utilities.
- AB 465 / 2019
Under Nevada's AB465 (2019), electric utilities are obligated to provide an enhanced solar access program to both residential customers and certain nonresidential customers with monthly electricity consumption below 10,000 kilowatt-hours.
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Through SB 358, designers can help Nevada actualize this comprehensive Renewable Portfolio Standard, aiming for 50% renewable energy by 2040 and 100% renewable energy by 2050. Through SB254, designers can help Nevada actualize its mid-term and long-term greenhouse reduction targets to be 45% below 2005 levels by 2030 and net-zero by 2050.
Governors from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming agreed to provide a framework for the creation of an Intermountain West EV Corridor that will make it possible to drive an EV across major transportation corridors in the west.
How to Participate
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New Hampshire
- S270 / 2022
Decarbonization is becoming more accessible through the creation of a community solar program for low to medium income customers in the passage of S270.
- SB 76 / 2019
By passing this law in which oil and gas drilling is banned within 18 miles of the state’s coast, New Hampshire is indicating its support for the transition toward decarbonization.
- S517 / 2018
This act established an electric vehicle charging stations infrastructure commission in state and federal highway corridors and at public transportation hubs and parking garages.
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- S129 / 2017
The Renewable Energy Fund requires a portion of its funding to benefit low to moderate income residential customers, indicating the expanding accessibility and growing opportunity to design for decarbonization.
- RGI / 2009
Participating states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) agree to a regional cap on CO2 emissions, reducing emissions and raising money to invest into local communities, such as clean energy programs, energy efficiency, and bill assistance to local businesses and communities.
How to Participate
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New Jersey
- S287 / 2023
New Jersey enacted a first-in-the-nation tax credit for the utilization of low-carbon concrete, giving a credit of up to 5% of the project’s total concrete cost for materials with low levels of embodied carbon, with an additional 3% credit for companies that deliver concrete created by carbon capture, utilization, and storage technologies.
- EO 315 / 2023
Designers can help integrate clean energy into their projects: New Jersey’s Governor tasked the Board of Public Utilities with developing an Energy Master Plan that would promote the transition to a clean energy market, aiming for 100% electricity sold in the state to be derived from clean electricity sources by January of 2035.
- A464 / 2022
Designers can refer to this legislation, which establishes minimum energy and water efficiency standards for products not under federal regulation which are sold and leased in New Jersey, ranging from shower heads to computer monitors.
- A3352 / 2021
New Jersey requires all new warehouses that are 100,000 square feet or larger to be a “solar-ready building,” reserving at least 40% of its roof space as a “solar-ready zone.”
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- A3484 / 2021
This New Jersey bill establishes a pilot program to use unpreserved farmland for dual-use solar energy projects, allowing both agricultural use and solar energy generation without previous restrictions.
- A3723 / 2018
Designers can rely on the expanding accessibility and growing opportunity to design for decarbonization thanks to New Jersey’s Community Solar Energy Pilot Program which has strong provisions for low- and moderate-income customer participation.
- RGI / 2009
Participating states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) agree to a regional cap on CO2 emissions, reducing emissions and raising money to invest into local communities, such as clean energy programs, energy efficiency, and bill assistance to local businesses and communities.
How to Participate
To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
New Mexico
- SB 77 / 2023
New Mexico’s proposed bill would require all new residential construction to include photovoltaic systems to supply solar power and electrical receptacles for charging electric vehicles.
- HB 37 / 2022
New Mexico has established a grant program aimed at enhancing energy efficiency in low-income households. This initiative empowers counties, municipalities, Indian nations, tribes, pueblos, and the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority to seek grants for energy efficiency projects.
- EO 2021-052 / 2021
Through this Executive Order, 30% of the state’s land and waters are protected for conservation measures and 20% for climate stabilization through enhancing biodiversity and carbon sequestration capacity, preventing degradation, and supporting animal life.
- SB 84 / 2021
The Community Solar Act outlines the administration and rulemaking around community solar, representing the shift towards expanded access to solar and opportunity to design for decarbonization in New Mexico.
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- EO 2019-003 / 2019
Designers can refer to New Mexico’s Climate Change Task Force for guidance on how to help decarbonize the built environment through its development and building codes directives.
- SB 489 / 2019
The Energy Transition Act (ETA) establishes ambitious renewable energy standards of 50% by 2030 and 80% by 2040 for utilities and cooperatives. It drives the transition from coal to clean energy, supporting communities impacted by plant closures and promoting renewable power development in San Juan County.
- NM Stat 3-18-32 / 2018
Designers can rely on the growth of solar in New Mexico thanks to this act, which prohibits cities from passing ordinances or codes and homeowners associations from passing covenants that forbid solar installation.
Governors from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming agreed to provide a framework for the creation of an Intermountain West EV Corridor that will make it possible to drive an EV across major transportation corridors in the west.
How to Participate
To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
New York
- SB 24006C / 2023
The New York Power Authority has broad ability to build renewables and must retire fossil fuel plants by 2030 thanks to Part QQ of New York’s 2023 budget. Moreover, through this budget New York is the first in the nation to ban gas stoves and fossil fuels in new buildings starting in 2026.
- Proposition 1 / 2022
New Yorkers voted in favor of the Clean Water, Clean Energy, Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act which includes $4.2B for climate change mitigation measures, fodder for designers to advance climate action across the built environment.
- S391 / 2022
This law sets forth local building and planning regulations to accommodate the use of renewable and alternative energy including solar thermal, photovoltaics, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal, farm waste electric generating equipment, and fuel cells.
- S9422 / 2022
The Utility Thermal Energy Network and Jobs Act expands community heating and cooling by encouraging gas and electric utilities to supply thermal energy for buildings' heating, cooling, and power needs. The act aims to create fair market access, support workforce development, and advance building electrification while considering climate justice goals.
- S 2591A / 2022, 2021
This law directs the State Office of General Services to set guidelines for procuring low embodied carbon concrete for state construction projects, awarding future contracts to companies based on climate performance and price. In addition, the law promotes the use of performance incentives and other policy interventions aimed at accelerating innovation in the sector.
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- A 4302 / 2021
This law aims to make 100% of in-state sales of new passenger cars and trucks zero-emissions by 2035. It sets targets for medium-duty and heavy-duty vehicles as well as empowers the Department of Environmental Conservation to develop regulations and strategies to achieve these goals.
- S 9405 / 2021
This law advances building codes and creates new energy and water efficiency standards for appliances not regulated federally, updating the regulations for seven products already state regulated and new standards for thirty new products, from restaurant equipment to electric vehicle chargers. Simultaneously, it empowers state agencies to make future regulations more widely known to keep pace with technological advancements.
- S 6599 / 2020
New York supports the design community’s pursuit of further energy efficiency in buildings through the New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act establishing a 2030 goal to increase energy efficiency levels from 2012 by 23%. Moreover, it sets the goal of 70% renewable energy by 2030 and 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040, and to reduce energy consumption by 185 trillion Btus by 2025.
- RGI / 2009
Participating states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) agree to a regional cap on CO2 emissions, reducing emissions and raising money to invest into local communities, such as clean energy programs, energy efficiency, and bill assistance to local businesses and communities.
How to Participate
To help advance climate action –– check if your local, state, or national government is proposing new policies, codes, or regulations that champion decarbonization. Local, state, national, and international climate policy tracking tools are included below for easy access.
Join a climate action advocacy group in a well-informed, professional organization to leverage their experience and resources. Consider these respected organizations: Achieving Net Zero / AIA Advocacy / ASLA Advocacy / Carbon Leadership Forum Advocacy / USGBC Advocacy
North Carolina
- EO 246 / 2022
Designers can help North Carolina actualize its mid-term and long-term greenhouse gas reduction targets of 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 and to achieve net-zero as soon as possible, no later than 2050. Moreover, this Executive Order sets the goal to achieve a minimum of 1,250,000 registered Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) by 2030 and elevate the share of ZEV sales to constitute 50 percent of new in-state vehicle sales by the same year.
- EO 218 / 2021
This Executive Order directs the state’s first offshore wind target for as much as 8 gigawatts of wind power to be built off the coast by 2040, indicating the advancement of renewable energy and opportunity to decarbonize further in the state. This amount of energy could power about 8 medium sized cities.
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- HB 951 / 2021
This law authorizes the Utilities Commission in North Carolina to work towards a 70% reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from electric public utilities by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. It allows for performance-based regulation, rulemaking on securitization of certain costs, and potential modification of existing power purchase agreements with small power producers.
Charlotte NC approved a resolution for a quarter of its municipal building electricity needs to be met with solar power, and with the aim to power municipal buildings entirely with zero-carbon energy by 2030.
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North Dakota
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Ohio
- Columbus Ordinance 1642-2020 / 2020
This Columbus Ordinance started a community choice aggregation program, which gives officials the right to purchase energy in bulk from local renewable sources.
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Oklahoma
- Bill No. 1192 / 2001
The Oklahoma Carbon Sequestration Enhancement Act provides state-backed verification of carbon offsets in agriculture, forestry, and geologic sequestration.
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Oregon
- HB 4057 / 2022
This bill provides energy and water efficiency standards for products not federally regulated, from dishwashers to fluorescent lamps.
- HB 2021 / 2021
This bill states retail electricity providers must develop clean energy plans and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 100% below baseline emissions by 2040; 80% by 2030, and 90% by 2035.
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- Path to Net Zero / 2019
Early design assistance, technical assistance, installation incentives, solar-ready incentives, and energy metering to promote the development of net zero energy commercial buildings are all included in the Energy Trust of Oregon’s Path to Net Zero program.
- Local Ballot Measure #26-201 / 2018
The Portland Clean Energy Community Benefits Fund (PCFF) provides funding for climate action that centers racial and social justice through clean energy projects, regenerative agriculture, green infrastructure, clean energy jobs training, and programs that simultaneously reduce greenhouse gas emissions through environmental justice.
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Pennsylvania
- EO 2019-01 / 2019
Designers can help Pennsylvania actualize their mid-term and long-term target to be 26–28% below 2005 levels by 2025 and 80% below 2005 levels by 2050. The state hopes to lead-by-example by decarbonizing government agency buildings.
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Rhode Island
- H5851 / 2023
This proposed law mandates that new residential building construction include solar power capabilities that can meet at least 80% of the building's annual energy needs.
- H7277 / 2022
Designers can help Rhode Island actualize its ambitious goal of achieving 100% renewable energy by 2033.
- S2700 / 2022
The Green Buildings Act stipulates that public infrastructure projects should be built, renovated, and located using high standards of water and energy efficiency that are in line with current LEED certifications or an equivalent green building standard.
- H5 445A / 2021
The Act on Climate requires that Rhode Island develop a plan to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions throughout the economy and built environment via benchmarks of 45% below 1990 levels by 2030, 80% below 1990 levels by 2040, and net-zero by 2050. Moreover, this law creates a citizen suite cause of action against the government if it fails to actualize its decarbonization goals, which means citizens can hold the government accountable to their commitment.
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- SO 339 / 2021
The design community can refer to this piece of legislation for new energy and water efficiency standards for appliances ranging from commercial dishwashers and cooking appliances to bathroom fixtures such as showerheads.
- RIRSC FINAL 02-14-18 / 2018
Rhode Island Residential Stretch Code is a voluntary code that provides guidance on green building construction of Zero-Energy Ready Homes (ZERH). These certified homes are designed to achieve zero net energy consumption annually, primarily with the help of on-site renewable energy systems.
- RGI / 2009
Participating states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) agree to a regional cap on CO2 emissions, reducing emissions and raising money to invest into local communities, such as clean energy programs, energy efficiency, and bill assistance to local businesses and communities.
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South Carolina
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South Dakota
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Tennessee
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Texas
- Plug-In Austin / 2022
Designers can help integrate electric charging stations into architecture to decarbonize transportation thanks to Plug-In Austin, a program that offers rebates for electric vehicle home and business charging stations as well as electric bikes.
Designers in Austin can help set an example for decarbonizing the rest of Texas: Austin has a goal of reaching 65% electricity from renewables by 2025, facilitated through a carve-out that allocates a specific portion of the renewable goal to be generated by solar energy.
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The Texas Public Utility Commission holds the responsibility of designating "competitive renewable energy zones" – where renewable energy resources and suitable land areas are abundant – and formulating a transmission capacity plan aimed at efficiently delivering renewable energy output to electric customers in a manner that maximizes benefits while minimizing costs.
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Utah
HB 259 tasks the State Transportation Agency with developing a statewide plan for an electric vehicle charging network that reaches rural electric cooperatives and HB 396 authorizes Rocky Mountain Power to contribute $50 million towards building electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the state.
Governors from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming agreed to provide a framework for the creation of an Intermountain West EV Corridor that will make it possible to drive an EV across major transportation corridors in the west.
Resources
Plans, reports, green banks, and contacts to explore:
- HB 0411 / 2019
The Community Renewable Energy Act provides a framework for municipalities and counties in Utah to establish community-oriented renewable energy programs. These programs aim to source 100% of electric energy from renewable resources by 2030 within participating communities.
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Vermont
- SO220 Act 178 / 2020
A helpful decarbonization resource, Vermont requires building and landscape architects to complete an education module regarding how they can help further Vermont’s energy goals.
- H688 Act 153 / 2020
Designers can help Vermont actualize its mid-term and long-term greenhouse gas reduction targets of 26% below 1990 levels by 2025, 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, and 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.
- H410 Act 139 / 2018
Also referred to as Act 139, Vermont created a resource for reducing energy consumed by products through setting energy and water efficiency standards for 16 products such as commercial fryers and public lavatory faucets which do not have federal standards.
- HH 411 / 2017
This act reinforces the applicability of federal appliance standards in Vermont “so that the same standards will be in place in Vermont should the federal standards be repealed or voided.”
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- H40 / 2015
Vermont set a renewable energy standard of 75% annual electricity to be provided from renewable sources by 2032.
- SO220 Act 178 / 2020
The Community Renewable Energy Act provides a framework for municipalities and counties in Utah to establish community-oriented renewable energy programs. These programs aim to source 100% of electric energy from renewable resources by 2030 within participating communities.
- RGI / 2009
Participating states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont) of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) agree to a regional cap on CO2 emissions, reducing emissions and raising money to invest into local communities, such as clean energy programs, energy efficiency, and bill assistance to local businesses and communities.
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Virginia
- § 67-103 / 2021
To promote decarbonizing the built environment, the State of Virginia provides guidelines for the development of local renewable energy ordinances for solar and wind energy infrastructure.
- SB94 / 2020
Through this act, Virginia acknowledges and expresses support for the clean energy transition and the decarbonization of the built environment, with the goal of becoming net zero by 2045.
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- SB 851 / 2020
Virginia’s Clean Economy Act requires the state’s dominant utility Dominion Virginia and the smaller utility Appalachian Power Co. to source 30 percent of their power from renewables by 2030, and close all carbon-emitting power plants by 2045 for Dominion and 2050 for Appalachia.
- Executive Order 43 / 2019
The design community can help Virginia actualize its goal of producing 30% electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030 and 100% of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2050 through Expanding Access to Clean Energy and Growing the Clean Energy Jobs of the Future.
How to Participate
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Washington
- HB 1619 / 2022
Designers of products ranging from water heaters to commercial fryers can refer to the energy and water efficiency standards set by this bill.
- H 1287 / 2021
This act provides resources to facilitate the transition to a zero emissions transportation future such as the development of a publicly available mapping and forecasting tool for the deployment of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
- SB 5126 / 2021
The Washington Climate Commitment Act seeks to achieve verified emissions reductions while delivering co-benefits through investing in rural communities and dedicating at least 35% of investments in the most vulnerable and impacted communities.
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- HB 1257 / 2019
Designers have an opportunity to decarbonize the design and retrofit new and existing large commercial buildings over 50,000 square feet. Washington’s Clean Buildings Act seeks to improve building energy performance through design, energy efficiency standards, retrofit incentives, utility programs, and building codes. From 2021-2026, the program will be a voluntary incentive program, and following 2026, it will be mandatory.
- SB 5116 / 2019
The design community can help Virginia actualize its goal of producing 30% electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030 and 100% of its electricity from carbon-free sources by 2050 through Expanding Access to Clean Energy and Growing the Clean Energy Jobs of the Future.
- H 1814 / 2019
Decarbonization becomes more accessible through the passage of laws such as H 1814. This law expands equitable access to renewable energy by creating a framework of payment incentives and tax credits for community solar and shared commercial projects.
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West Virginia
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Wisconsin
- EO 38 / 2022
Wisconsin identified four key strategies for developing a clean energy economy through accelerating clean energy technology development, maximizing energy efficiency, updating buildings, and decarbonizing transportation.
- EO 161 / 2022
Designers can refer to Wisconsin’s Office of Environmental Justice to guide their projects toward delivering co-benefits that support environmental justice.
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- EO 38 / 2019
The design community can help the State of Wisconsin actualize this executive order’s goal of 100 percent carbon-free electricity consumption by 2050.
- EO 52 / 2019
Indicating Wisconsin’s growing commitment to mitigating climate change, the Governor created a Climate Change Task Force through this executive order.
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Wyoming
Governors from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming agreed to provide a framework for the creation of an Intermountain West EV Corridor that will make it possible to drive an EV across major transportation corridors in the west.
Resources
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International — policy in action
Afghanistan
- Afghanistan NDCs / 2016
Contingent on international support, Afghanistan aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 13.6% by 2030, compared to a business as usual 2030 scenario. This target focuses on the key sectors of energy, natural resource management, agriculture, waste management and mining.
How to Participate
Follow your country’s NDC progress toward carbon reduction and removal with the easy-to-use tracking tools listed below.
If you are concerned about your country’s NDC status, you can follow the UN Climate Change Secretariat for current updates and discussions.
You can also join like-minded organizations that are participating in the Conference Of the Parties (COP) to advance climate action.
Here are several to begin with: AIA / Architecture 2030 / ASLA / Climate Positive Design / RIBA / USGBC / WorldGBC
Support carbon reduction and removal efforts that can help countries fulfill their NDCs by exploring the listings below.
Albania
- Albania NDCs / 2021
Albania provided a highly in depth analysis of domestic sectoral greenhouse gas emissions. This analysis informed their plan to reduce emissions 20.9% by 2030 compared to business as usual, through changes in energy, industry, waste, agriculture, and forestry and other land uses.
How to Participate
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Algeria
- Algeria NDCs / 2016
Dependent on the support of external financing, capacity building, and development and technology transfer, Algeria created the goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 7-22% in 2030 compared to 2012 business as usual. Algeria’s mitigation strategy mainly covers the sectors of energy, forests, housing, transport, industry and waste, with a particular focus on national renewable energy and efficiency programs.
How to Participate
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Andorra
- Andorra NDCs / 2022
Andorra wants to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 37% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels in the energy sector and 2000 levels in agriculture and land use. The goal is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. To reach these targets, Andorra plans to produce more renewable energy, reduce greenhouse gasses from transportation by half, and implement regulations for new buildings to be energy-neutral.
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Angola
- Angola NDCs / 2021
Angola set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 14% by 2025 compared to business as usual. The focus is on mitigating emissions in key sectors such as energy, transport, agriculture, forestry and other land use, industry, and waste.
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Antigua & Barbuda
- Antigua and Barbuda NDCs / 2021
Antigua and Barbuda is a small island focused on socially minded adaptation and just transition, improved energy efficiency, and renewable energy growth. Goals include achieving net-zero by 2040, meeting 100% of electricity demand in essential services (water, health, food storage, and emergency services) through off-grid renewable sources by 2030, and improving the preparation of buildings for extreme weather events. Also by 2030, Antigua and Barbuda aims to protect all wetlands and watershed areas which are carbon sinks, have 86% renewable energy generation from local resources in the electricity sector, 100% all new vehicle sales electric, and 100% renewable energy generation for all government operations.
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Argentina
- Argentina NDCs / 2021
Argentina set an unconditional economy-wide target to stay below 349 MtCO2e in 2030 applicable to all sectors of the economy.
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Armenia
- Armenia NDCs / 2021
Armenia proposed doubling its share of renewables in energy generation in order to achieve climate neutrality in the second half of the century, as well as a 40% reduction from 1990 emission levels by 2030. Their strategy targets energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, forestry and other land use.
How to Participate
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Australia
- Australia NDCs / 2022
Australia is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions 43% below 2005 levels by 2030 and achieving net zero by 2050. To do so, Australia invested $20 billion to accelerate decarbonization of the grid, introduced declining emissions baselines for Australia’s major emitters, along with several other decarbonization requirements, initiatives, and commitments.
How to Participate
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Austria
- Austria NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Austria is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
How to Participate
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Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan NDCs / 2023
Subject to its sustainable socio-economic development and international support, Azerbaijan aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% compared to 1990 levels by 2050. They will target the sectors of energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, land use, land use change and forestry, waste sector.
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Bahamas
- Bahamas NDCs / 2022
By 2030, Bahamas is committed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30%, along with increasing renewable energy to be 30% of its energy infrastructure, and have respectively 35% and 15% of vehicle purchases be electric and hybrid.
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Bahrain
- Bahrain NDCs / 2021
As a small island developing nation, Bahrain is focused on adaptation and mitigation actions with co-benefits, such as through its National Plan For Afforestation. Another initiative, the National Renewable Energy Action Plan, identifies feasible renewable energy targets of 5% of peak capacity by 2025 and 10% by 2035.
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Bangladesh
- Bangladesh NDCs / 2021
Depending on international support, Bangladesh will reduce greenhouse gas emissions between 6.73-15.12% below business as usual scenario (27.56 MtCO2e) in 2030. Bangladesh’s NDC covers Energy (Power, transport, energy use in industry, residential, commercial, agriculture and brick manufacturing, F-gasses and Fugitive emissions), Industrial Processes & Product Use (IPPU), Agriculture, Forestry and other Land use (AFOLU), and Waste sectors.
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Barbados
- Barbados NDCs / 2021
As a small island developing nation, Barbados is focused on adaptation, and simultaneously put forth a goal to achieve a 35-77% emissions reduction by 2030 compared to business as usual, dependent on international support. They proposed several programs such as the locally-led adaptation focused Roofs 2 Reefs Program, which establishes support for low and middle income homes. Support includes becoming more climate resilient, increasing freshwater storage capacity, promoting sustainable land practices, and making critical water, sanitation, and road infrastructures more resilient.
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Belarus
- Belarus NDCs / 2021
Belarus set a target of 35% greenhouse gas reduction by 2030 in comparison to 1990 levels, with the ability to raise the reduction by 5% with international support.
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Belgium
- Belgium NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Belgium is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Belize
- Belize NDCs / 2021
Belize is a small island developing state focused on nature-based solutions, with a reduction target of 1.08 MtCO2e by 2030 against its business as usual scenario as well as net zero global emissions by 2050.
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Benin
- Benin NDCs / 2021
Benin is seeking changes to its energy, agriculture, industrial, and other sectors through the 2030 cumulative emissions reduction target of 20.15% against their business as usual scenario.
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Bhutan
- Bhutan NDCs / 2021
Bhutan has reached carbon neutrality, thus its NDC outlines the measures and actions needed to maintain such status. Bhutan emphasizes that NDC success is reliant on the financial and technical support of the international community, focusing its strategy on mitigation co-benefits and using the forest management of forests – which cover over 70% of its total geographic area – to sink carbon dioxide.
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Bolivia
- Bolivia NDCs / 2022
Bolivia proposes a structural solution called “Living Well in balance with Mother Earth.” This approach promotes climate resilience and justice in the restructuring of the energy, agriculture, and integral and sustainable forest management sectors.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnia and Herzegovina NDCs / 2021
By 2030, Bosnia and Herzegovina aims to reduce emissions between 12.8 to 17.5% compared to 2014, which is 33.3 to 36.8% compared to 1990. For 2050, the reduction target rises to 50.0% to 55.0% compared to 2014, or 61.7% to 65.6% compared to modeling 1990. Sectors targeted include power, district heating, building, transport, industry, agriculture, forestry, waste, and cross-cutting sectors.
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Botswana
- Botswana NDCs / 2016
With 2010 as the base year, Botswana seeks a 15% reduction in emissions by 2030, most focused on mobile and stationary sources of energy, waste, and agricultural sectors.
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Brazil
- Brazil NDCs / 2022
Using 2005 as the reference year, Brazil seeks to reduce emissions by 37% by 2025, 50% by 2030, and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.
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Brunei Darussalam
- Brunei Darussalam NDCs / 2020
Brunei Darussalam set an economy-wide 2030 emissions reduction goal of 20% below 2015 levels. This plan is focused on mitigation and adaptation in energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, forestry and other land use, and waste sectors.
How to Participate
Follow your country’s NDC progress toward carbon reduction and removal with the easy-to-use tracking tools listed below.
If you are concerned about your country’s NDC status, you can follow the UN Climate Change Secretariat for current updates and discussions.
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Bulgaria
- Bulgaria NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Bulgaria is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Burkina Faso
- Burkina Faso NDCs / 2021
Along with designing adaptation measures with social co-benefits, Burkina Faso seeks an emission reduction of 28.42% compared to business as usual by 2030. Sectoral targets include energy, food, and infrastructure, as well as agriculture, forestry and other land use.
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Burundi
- Burundi NDCs / 2021
Burundi aims to achieve a 23% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2005 business as usual levels. The country also plans to transition entirely from mineral to organic fertilizer, replace all traditional kilns with home ovens by 2030, increase the electrification rate by 35% through the construction of three hydropower plants, and commit to annual reforestation of 8,000 hectares until 2031.
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Cabo Verde
- Cabo Verde NDCs / 2021
Cabo Verde, an island nation, proposes 14 specific contributions related to mitigation and adaptation which will create a 20% reduction by 2030. Their NDC describes several infrastructural shifts such as low carbon public transport, reversing habitat degradation, and commits to renewable energy.
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Cambodia
- Cambodia NDCs / 2020
Cambodia has set ambitious targets across various sectors. The country aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% in the energy sector (covering electricity, transport, and buildings), 18% in waste management, 43% in industrial activities (including other industries and cement production), 23% in agriculture, and 50% in forestry and other land use.
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Cameroon
- Cameroon NDCs / 2021
Cameroon prioritizes mitigation strategies with co-benefits, aiming to diminish its carbon footprint throughout its development. The country is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 32% by 2035 compared to the business-as-usual levels of 2010. This effort is pursued through the promotion of green infrastructure, restoration initiatives, and the adoption of circular economy practices.
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Canada
- Canada NDCs / 2021
Canada committed to cutting emissions at a minimum of 40-45% below 2005 levels by 2030 and to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
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Central African Republic
The Central African Republic aims to achieve a 10-25% reduction in emissions by 2030, contingent upon international support. This plan specifically targets the sectors of energy, agriculture, forestry, and other land uses, industrial processes, and waste. Emphasizing renewable energy sources and enhancing energy efficiency, the strategy also promotes agroecology, sustainable development of natural resources, and the overall improvement of living conditions in the Central African Republic.
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Chad
- Chad NDCs / 2021
Chad is strategically focused on decarbonization and building climate resilience, with a key emphasis on water, agriculture, livestock, and fishing. The approach incorporates essential elements such as capacity building, technology adoption, precipitation forecasting, and risk management. Chad's goal is to reduce emissions by 19.3% while simultaneously enhancing living conditions, reducing social inequalities, preserving natural resources, and adapting to climate change.
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Chile
- Chile NDCs / 2020
Chile has established the goal of reaching peak emissions by no later than 2025 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. This ambitious plan involves comprehensive reductions in emissions across the economy, active engagement of the private sector, and a commitment to a just transition.
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China
- China NDCs / 2021
China has outlined a comprehensive plan for CO2 emission reduction with specific milestones for 2025, 2030, and 2060. By 2025, the goals include a 13.5% reduction in energy consumption per unit of GDP, an 18% decrease in CO2 emissions per unit of GDP from 2020 levels, and a 20% share of non-fossil fuel energy consumption. Looking ahead to 2030, China aims for a substantial 65% reduction in CO2 emissions per unit of GDP from 2005 levels and a target of 25% non-fossil fuel energy consumption. The long-term vision for 2060 involves achieving carbon neutrality and utilizing over 80% of non-fossil fuel energy.
The world's top five emitters—China, the United States, India, European Union, and Russia— produce over half of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, making up 53.69% of total emissions. In contrast, the bottom 100 countries account for just 2.9% of emissions altogether.
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Columbia
- Columbia NDCs / 2020
Colombia has set a clear goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030, with the ultimate aim of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. This plan is concentrated on six key sectors: transportation, energy, agriculture, housing, health, commerce, and the tourism industry.
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Comoros
- Comoros NDCs / 2021
Due to its minimal emissions, Comoros directs its efforts towards carbon sequestration and sustainable development. Simultaneously, the country aims to eliminate 442 kt CO2eq emissions by 2030.
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Congo
- Congo NDCs / 2021
The Republic of the Congo has established specific emission reduction targets for 2025 and 2030. In the scenario conditional on international support, the goal is a 39.88% reduction by 2025 and a 32.19% reduction by 2030. In the unconditional scenario, the targets are a 17.09% reduction by 2025 and a 21.46% reduction by 2030. The covered sectors encompass Energy, Industrial Processes and Product Use (PIUP), Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Uses (AFAT), and Waste.
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Cook Islands
- Cook Islands NDCs / 2016
Despite making a minimal global contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, the Cook Islands grapple with substantial climate impacts. The nation committed to bolstering resilience and aimed to power 50% of its islands with renewable energy by 2015, progressing to 100% by 2020. Furthermore, they intend to achieve an 81% emissions reduction by 2030.
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Costa Rica
- Costa Rica NDCs / 2020
Costa Rica is committed to achieving an absolute maximum net emissions target of 9.11 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) by 2030, representing a 7-11% decrease compared to 2010 levels. Additionally, the country aims for a net-zero emissions economy by 2050. To realize these goals, Costa Rica has outlined 13 key areas of adaptation and mitigation action, including mobility and transportation, development and land use planning, energy, infrastructure and construction, industry, commerce and services, integrated waste management, agriculture, forests and terrestrial biodiversity, oceans, water resources and blue biodiversity, action for climate empowerment, transparency and continuous improvement, finance, and climate change finance strategies and plans.
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Côte d’Ivoire
- Côte d'Ivoire NDCs / 2022
Côte d'Ivoire considers how their NDC can promote a just transition which could lead to a 98.95% reduction in the sectors of waste, agriculture, energy, and forestry, contingent on international support. Additionally, the country aims to achieve specific emission reductions by 2030, including a 58% reduction in black carbon (BC), a 30% reduction in methane (CH4), a 64% reduction in particulate matter (PM), and a 42% reduction in nitrogen oxides (NOx).
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Croatia
- Croatia NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Croatia is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Cuba
- Cuba NDCs / 2020
Cuba does not present an overall greenhouse gas mitigation target, instead, it promotes resilient sectoral development which is less carbon intensive within energy, agriculture, transportation, agriculture, and forestry and other land uses.
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Cyprus
- Cyprus NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Cyprus is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Czech Republic
- Czech Republic NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Czech Republic is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The DRC is aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 21% by 2030, with 19% of this target contingent on international support. This objective is directed at the sectors of energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, forestry and other land uses, and waste.
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Denmark
- Denmark NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Denmark is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Djibouti
- Djibouti NDCs / 2016
Djibouti is dedicated to achieving economic development while concurrently pursuing a 40% emissions reduction by 2030, with crucial support from the international community. Djibouti places particular emphasis on key sectors such as land use, energy, industry, transportation, waste, and cement. The commitment also involves significant adaptation measures, including resilence against sea-level rise and addressing vulnerability to droughts.
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Dominica
- Dominica NDCs / 2022
Dominica created a 2030 emissions reduction target of 45% below 2014 levels, focused on mitigation and adaptation. Dominica has an ambitious plan to transition toward a low-carbon, climate-resilient development, and relies on international climate change financing, technology development and transfer, and capacity building for this to happen. It focuses on energy industries, transport, manufacturing, construction, agricultural, forestry, solid waste, and fishing sectors.
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Dominican Republic
- Dominican Republic NDCs / 2020
The Dominican Republic created their NDC through participatory process, and is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 27% relative to business as usual by 2030. The Dominican Republic identified 46 mitigation strategies across the energy, industrial product and process use, waste, and agriculture, forestry and other land uses sectors.
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Ecuador
- Ecuador NDCs / 2019
The overall objective of Ecuador's NDC is to implement policies and actions that promote the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and enhance resilience while reducing vulnerability in prioritized sectors. Ecuador projects a potential 9% (unconditional) and 11.9% (conditional) emissions reduction in key sectors compared to the 2025 baseline, targeting a 20.9% reduction if conditions are met.
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Egypt
- Egypt NDCs / 2023
Egypt has proposed a comprehensive plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions compared to business as usual by 2030 in various sectors. The plan includes a 37% reduction in electricity generation, transmission, and distribution; a 65% reduction in the associated gasses subsector; a 7% reduction in the transportation sector; and broader reductions in the industry, buildings, tourism, and waste management sectors.
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El Salvador
- El Salvador NDCs / 2022
El Salvador submitted a detailed NDC over 160 pages long, with particular focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the energy and agriculture, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sectors toward a cumulative 39 - 61% reduction in relation to business as usual by 2030.
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Equatorial Guinea
- Equatorial Guinea NDCs / 2022
Equatorial Guinea has increased its greenhouse gas reduction target to 35% by 2030, aiming for a 50% reduction compared to the reference year of 2010, targeting energy, infrastructure, waste management, industrial processing and product use (IPPU) and agriculture forestry and other land use (AFOLU). It hopes to expand renewable energy, reforestation, build smart cities, and create integrated transport and waste management infrastructure.
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Eritrea
- Eritrea NDCs / 2018
Eritrea focuses its mitigation on the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions, and carbon sinks such as forestry, and renewable energies accounting to a 12% reduction by 2030 compared to its business as usual scenario or 38.5%, dependent on international support.
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Estonia
- Estonia NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Estonia is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Eswatini
- Eswatini NDCs / 2021
Eswatini adopts an economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 5% by 2030, which could stretch to a 14% reduction with external financing.
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Ethiopia
- Ethiopia NDCs / 2021
Ethiopia has ambitious plans for infrastructural change, contingent on international financing. Specifically, 20% of the total reduction will be domestically financed, while the remaining 80% will rely on international support. Ethiopia is focused on several sectors, including industry, energy, land use and forestry, livestock, managed soils, and waste.
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European Union
- European Union NDCs / 2020
The EU aims for an economy-wide net domestic reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 55% compared to 1990 levels and net zero by 2050 at the latest.
The world's top five emitters—China, the United States, India, the European Union, and Russia— produce over half of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, making up 53.69% of total emissions. In contrast, the bottom 100 countries account for just 2.9% of emissions altogether.
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Fiji
- Fiji NDCs / 2020
Fiji’s Low Emission Development Strategy (2018-2050) is an economy-wide decarbonization plan, and will reduce CO2 emissions between 10 - 30% dependent on available international support in the sectors of electricity generation and transmission, demand-side energy efficiency, and transport.
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Finland
- Finland NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Finland is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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France
- France NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, France is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Gabon
- Gabon NDCs / 2022
With 88% forest coverage, Gabon commits to a net carbon sink of at least 100 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year beyond 2050, contingent on international support, which would account for more than four times the CO2 it emits.
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Gambia
- Gambia NDCs / 2021
Gambia updated their NDC toward a 49.7% emissions reduction for 2030. To actualize their goal, Gambia provides 13 mitigation measures with particular focus on agriculture, land use, forestry, energy, transport, waste management, and industrial processes and product use.
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Georgia
- Georgia NDCs / 2021
Georgia is committed to an unconditional emissions reduction target of 35% below 1990 levels by 2030, stating it is possible to achieve a 50-57% reduction by 2030 compared to 1990 with international support. Georgia is focused on improving carbon storage in its land while reducing emissions in transport, buildings, energy generation and transmission, agriculture, industry, waste, and forestry.
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Germany
- Germany NDCs / 2020
With respect to the targets set out in the Paris Agreement, Germany is contributing to the EU’s nationally determined contribution of 55% reduction relative to 1990 levels. Additionally, Germany committed to a 65% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2030, at least 88% by 2040, reaching greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045, and negative greenhouse gas balance 2050 forward.
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Ghana
- Ghana NDCs / 2021
Ghana is committed to constructing a resilient nation capable of withstanding climate change impacts while simultaneously contributing to global emissions mitigation. This commitment is articulated through 19 policy actions, encompassing 13 adaptation and 34 mitigation measures. The overarching goal is to generate over one million decent and green jobs, accompanied by achieving a substantial reduction of 64 MtCO2e in absolute greenhouse gas emissions.
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Greece
- Greece NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Greece is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Grenada
- Grenada NDCs / 2020
Grenada affirms its ambition to achieve a 40% greenhouse gas emissions reduction compared to 2010 levels by 2030 through interventions in energy, transport, waste, forestry, and industrial processes and product use.
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Guatemala
- Guatemala NDCs / 2022
As a country highly vulnerable to climate change, Guatemala is committed to mitigation and building greater resilience. Thus, Guatemala submitted an extensive NDC in 2022 through a highly participatory process, analyzing realistic avenues to adaptation and mitigation, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 11.2% by 2030, and up to 22.6% with international support.
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Guinea
- Guinea NDCs / 2021
Guinea is directing its efforts toward emission reduction in key sectors, including energy, industrial processes, transportation, waste, agriculture, and land use and forestry. The country aims to achieve a 9.7% reduction in emissions by 2030, and this target could potentially increase to a 49% reduction with international support.
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Guinea-Bissau
- Guinea-Bissau NDCs / 2021
Guinea-Bissau has established an emissions reduction target of 10-30% compared to their baseline scenario by 2030, contingent upon international support. The specific focus lies on the sectors of energy, waste, and agriculture, forestry, and other land use.
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Guyana
- Guyana NDCs / 2016
Guyana, a low-lying coastal island featuring one of the world's highest rainforest covers at 85%, functions primarily as a carbon sink but remains vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The country places a concentrated emphasis on mitigating climate change in the forest and energy sectors. Specifically, Guyana targets activities like mining and logging while actively promoting the expansion of renewable energy sources.
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Haiti
- Haiti NDCs / 2022
Haiti has introduced 23 mitigation measures, contributing to a 6.32% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to the base year. This commitment has the potential to expand to 35 measures, leading to a more substantial 25.5% reduction, contingent on international support.
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Honduras
- Honduras NDCs / 2021
Honduras places a strong emphasis on the social aspects of its climate change mitigation and adaptation plan. The country is committed to achieving a 16% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to the business-as-usual scenario by 2030. This commitment is mainly driven by the restoration of the rural landscape, specifically aiming to restore 1 million to 1.3 million hectares of reforested land, along with a concerted effort to reduce firewood consumption.
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Hungary
- Hungary NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Hungary is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Iceland
- Iceland NDCs / 2021
In 2019, Iceland, Norway, and the European Union entered into a climate cooperation agreement, committing to a target of a 55% net reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Iceland's strategy involves emissions reductions across all sectors and aims to enhance carbon removal from the atmosphere through afforestation, carbon capture, and mineralization efforts.
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India
- India NDCs / 2022
India is committed to reduce its emissions intensity by 45% below 2005 levels by 2030, to increase the share of non-fossil power capacity to 50% by 2030, and to achieve net-zero by 2070.
The world's top five emitters—China, the United States, India, European Union, and Russia— produce over half of all greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, making up 53.69% of total emissions. In contrast, the bottom 100 countries account for just 2.9% of emissions altogether.
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Indonesia
- Indonesia NDCs / 2022
The forest, land use, and energy sectors account for 975 of the total national commitment, an emission reduction target of 31.89-43.2% and net zero emissions by 2060.
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Iraq
- Iraq NDCs / 2021
Iraq put forward the following measures to mitigate emissions in the energy sector: reduce oil and gas flaring, improve monitoring to reduce methane venting, conduct leak detection and repair campaigns at oil and gas facilities, switch from liquid fuels to natural gas, improve energy efficiency, expand renewable technology, deploy sustainable public transportation technology. Otherwise, Iraq is focused on water resources, agriculture, health, forests, coastal areas, sewage and waste, and high education research.
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Ireland
- Ireland NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Ireland is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Israel
- Israel NDCs / 2021
Israel has proposed an unconditional, absolute greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal of 27% by 2030, compared to 2015 levels. This commitment is specifically directed at key areas, including transport, waste management, electricity generation, energy intensity, industry, and addressing climate impacts on goods and services.
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Italy
- Italy NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Italy is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Jamaica
- Jamaica NDCs / 2020
Jamaica aims to achieve a 25.4% to 28.5% reduction in emissions within the energy, land use and forestry sectors compared to a business-as-usual scenario. This represents a notable 60% increase compared to its initial Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC).
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Japan
- Japan NDCs / 2021
Japan's objective for fiscal year 2030 is to achieve a 46% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the levels recorded in fiscal year 2013. In addition, Japan strives to cut emissions by 50% from its fiscal year 2013 levels.
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Jordan
- Jordan NDCs / 2021
Jordan is committed to achieving a macroeconomic 31% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. This commitment will be primarily implemented through its National Adaptation Plan and Long-Term Strategy, focusing on lowering carbon dioxide levels and enhancing Jordan's climate resilience.
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Kazakhstan
- Kazakhstan NDCs / 2023
Kazakhstan aims for a 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 relative to 1990 levels, with the possibility to raise the reduction to 25% with international investment and support. Sectors targeted include energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, forestry and other land use, waste.
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Kenya
- Kenya NDCs / 2020
Kenya seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 32% relative to business as usual by 2030. Mitigation plans include increasing renewable energy generation, enhancing energy efficiency, growing tree coverage and other nature based solutions, low carbon transportation systems, and developing sustainable waste management systems.
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Kiribati
- Kiribati NDCs / 2023
As a small island nation with little emissions, Kiribati nonetheless has plans to enhance decarbonization and resilience. By 2030, Kiribati aims to reduce emissions between 8 and 23.8%, depending on international support. Waste, energy, and aviation are the main focus of mitigation, as well as mangrove forest preservation and the enhancement of coastal vegetation and seagrass beds.
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Kuwait
- Kuwait NDCs / 2021
Kuwait focuses on mitigation in the energy sector, particularly relying on energy efficiency and carbon capture and storage to account for a 7.4% reduction by 2035.
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Kyrgyzstan
- Kyrgyzstan NDCs / 2021
Kyrgyzstan has an unconditional goal to reduce emissions by 16.63% by 2025 and by 15.97% by 2030, with the possibility for reduction capacity to rise to 36.61% by 2025 and 43.62% by 2030 with international support. MItigation is concentrated on the energy, agriculture, forestry and other land use sectors.
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Laos
- Laos NDCs / 2021
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic set an unconditional greenhouse gas mitigation target of 60% by 2030, focused on the sectors of land use and forestry, energy, agriculture, and waste.
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Latvia
- Latvia NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Latvia is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Lebanon
- Lebanon NDCs / 2021
Lebanon commits to unconditionally reduce its emissions by 20%, which could be a 31% reduction contingent on international support. Lebanon has committed to generate 18% of its electricity demand and 11% of its building sector heat demand from renewable energy sources by 2030. Additionally, Lebanon has a conditional commitment to achieve 30% of its electricity demand and 16.5% of its building sector heat demand from renewable sources by 2030.
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Lesotho
- Lesotho NDCs / 2018
Lesotho is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 10% by 2030, which could rise to 35% with international support. Sectors targeted include energy, agriculture, industrial processes, waste, and land use and forestry.
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Liberia
- Liberia NDCs / 2021
In its 2021 revised NDC, Liberia updated its emissions reduction goal for 2030 to be between 10% and 54% conditional on international support. Sectors of focus include agriculture, forests, coastal zones, fisheries, health, transport, industry, energy, and waste.
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Liechtenstein
- Liechtenstein NDCs / 2017
By 2030, Liechtenstein aims for a 40% reduction in greenhouse gasses compared to 1990 emissions. Sectoral focus is on energy, industrial processes, solvent use, agriculture, waste, land use, land-use change, and forestry.
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Lithuania
- Lithuania NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Lithuania is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Luxembourg
- Luxembourg NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Luxembourg is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Madagascar
- Madagascar NDCs / 2016
Madagascar aims for a 2030 emissions reduction of 14% compared to business as usual, which rises to 32% with the inclusion of land use and forestry initiatives. Madagascar’s decarbonization success relies on international support to transform the sectors of waste, energy, agriculture, and forestry and land use.
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Malawi
- Malawi NDCs / 2021
Malawi is working toward a 2040 cumulative greenhouse gas emission reduction between 6% and 51%, contingent on international support and funding. Mitigation measures are concentrated in energy; industrial processes and product use (IPPU); waste; and agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU), excluding sources from forestry and other land use (FOLU).
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Malaysia
- Malaysia NDCs / 2021
Malaysia’s contribution is an economy-wide carbon intensity reduction (against GDP) of 45% in 2030 compared to 2005 level. Sectors of focus are energy, industrial processes and product use, waste, agriculture, and land use and forestry.
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Maldives
- Maldives NDCs / 2020
Maldives created the 2030 emissions reduction target of 26% below business as usual through changes in the energy and waste sectors.
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Mali
- Mali NDCs / 2021
Mali commits to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 31% for energy, 25% for agriculture, 39% for land use and forestry, and 31% for waste sectors by 2030 compared to business-as-usual.
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Malta
- Malta NDCs / 2020
As a part of the European Union, Malta is working towards the EU goal of reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% compared to 1990 levels. The overall objective is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The EU is focusing on key sectors like energy, civil aviation, industrial processes and product use, agriculture, waste, land use, and forestry to meet these targets.
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Marshall Islands
- Marshall Islands NDCs / 2020
The Marshall Islands commits to an economy-wide emissions reduction target of at least 32% below 2010 levels by 2025 and to at least 45% below 2010 levels by 2030. Their contribution is focused primarily on energy and waste. They emphasize a gender-responsive and human rights-based approach in all their NDC related planning, programming and implementation.
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Mauritania
- Mauritania NDCs / 2021
Mauritania describes the mitigation potential of 33.56 million ton CO2 Eq, which translates to a 22.3% reduction compared to 2030 business as usual levels. A country extremely vulnerable to climate change, its strategy is particularly focused on resilience building and their reliance on international support.
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Mauritius
- Mauritius NDCs / 2021
Mauritius plans to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030, and provides specific sectoral targets for energy, transportation, waste, industrial processes, and product use.
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Mexico
- Mexico NDCs / 2022
Mexico is committed to a 35% greenhouse gas reduction goal by 2030, and will increase its 2030 goal to 40% with international financing, the scaling of technological innovation, and if the largest emitters make efforts to actualize the ambitious efforts of the Paris Agreement. Additionally, it is committed to reducing black carbon emissions by 51% (unconditional) and 70% (conditional) by 2030 compared to business as usual. Mexico targets energy, agriculture, buildings, industry, transport, and waste sectors.
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Micronesia
- Micronesia NDCs / 2022
Micronesia aims for an economy-wide emissions reduction of 11% by 2030, however, with international support, envisions a reduction of 92%. Forestry and renewable energy growth are of particular focus in their nationally determined contribution.
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Moldova
- Moldova NDCs / 2020
The Republic of Moldova has an economy-wide goal to reduce emissions 70% below its 1990 levels by 2030. Interested in mitigation and adaptation co-benefits, sectors to be transformed include energy; industrial processes and product use ; agriculture; land use, land-use change and forestry and waste.
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Monaco
- Monaco NDCs / 2020
Monaco plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% in 2030, focusing its transition on energy, transportation, waste, and industry.
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Mongolia
- Mongolia NDCs / 2020
Mongolia’s mitigation target is a 22.7% to 44.9% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, using carbon capture, waste to energy technology, and forestry as a carbon sink. It emphasizes the call for international support to achieve these goals.
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Montenegro
- Montenegro NDCs / 2021
Montenegro set an economy-wide emissions reduction target of 35% below 1990 levels by 2030. It accounts and plans for this reduction in the sectors of energy, industrial processes, agriculture, waste, land-use and forestry.
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Morocco
- Morocco NDCs / 2021
Morocco has the ambition to reduce greenhouse gasses 45.5% by 2030, with particular targets for cement and phosphate industries.
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