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As we close the curtain on 2023, the U.S. Climate Alliance is celebrating another year of bold, state-led climate leadership, partnership, ambition, and action.
All Hands on Deck: 2023 In Review

As we close the curtain on 2023, the U.S. Climate Alliance is celebrating another year of bold, state-led climate leadership, partnership, ambition, and action. In the face of increasing extreme climate impacts, it’s been all-hands-on-deck for the Alliance’s 25 governors.

U.S. Climate Alliance @ COP28 | Subnational Leaders Supercharging Climate Action Across America
COP28 – Subnational Leaders Supercharging Climate Action Across America

Leaders at the state, regional, local, and private sector levels discussed how the whole of U.S. society is mobilizing to advance climate goals while improving public health, creating green jobs, cutting consumer costs, growing the economy, advancing environmental justice, and transforming our future.

U.S. Climate Alliance @ COP28 | All Hands on Deck
COP28 – All Hands on Deck

Top state officials from across the U.S. Climate Alliance highlighted how our climate action coalition is answering the call for America’s all-hands-on-deck moment and making progress toward near- and long-term emission reduction targets.

Maryland Secretary of the Environment Serena McIlwain, Sequoia Climate Foundation President Christie Ulman, California Air Resources Board Chair Liane Randolph, and Climate Mayors Executive Director Kate Wright.
COP28 – Trailblazers, Changemakers, and Innovators

For a second year running, top female leaders from Alliance states and territories, including California and Maryland, and our partner organizations convened to discuss their top climate and clean energy priorities, opportunities for collaboration, and much, much more.

Climate Week NYC 2023 | U.S. Climate Alliance
U.S. Climate Alliance Governors to Make Major Announcement at Climate Week NYC Tomorrow

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, and White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi will host a news conference tomorrow in New York City during Climate Week NYC, featuring a major announcement from the U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 25 governors representing approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population.

Climate Week NYC 2023 | U.S. Climate Alliance | National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, and U.S. Climate Alliance Executive Director Casey Katims at Climate Week NYC 2023.
Climate Week NYC 2023

The U.S. Climate Alliance unveiled a series of new commitments from its members to eliminate emissions from buildings, including collectively quadrupling heat pump installations by the end of the decade.

Arizona Governor Hobbs | US Climate Alliance
Arizona Joins the U.S. Climate Alliance

Governor Katie Hobbs today announced that Arizona has joined the U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 25 governors committed to securing America’s net-zero future by advancing state-led, high-impact climate action.

The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that Washington Governor and founding member Jay Inslee and Maine Governor Janet Mills have been appointed co-chairs of the Alliance. They will also join California Governor Gavin Newsom, and co-chairs elect New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on the Alliance’s executive committee charged with overseeing the strategic direction of the coalition.
U.S. Climate Alliance Names New Co-Chairs, Executive Committee

The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that Washington Governor and founding member Jay Inslee and Maine Governor Janet Mills have been appointed co-chairs of the Alliance. They will also join California Governor Gavin Newsom, and co-chairs elect New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on the Alliance’s executive committee charged with overseeing the strategic direction of the coalition.

Natural & Working Lands 2023 National Learning Lab | U.S. Climate Alliance
Natural & Working Lands 2023 National Learning Lab

This convening, hosted by the U.S. Climate Alliance, featured more than 100 officials representing states and territories across the country. Participants shared knowledge, solutions, and challenges to help catalyze action, and bolster implementation of state NWL plans.

As an action-packed year comes to a close, the U.S. Climate Alliance is taking a look back and highlighting a few of these key moments and reflect on the enormous progress we’ve made. We can’t wait to carry this momentum into 2023.
Full Speed Ahead: 2022 in Review

As an action-packed year comes to a close, the U.S. Climate Alliance is taking a look back and highlighting a few key moments and reflecting on the enormous progress we’ve made. We can’t wait to carry this momentum into 2023.

The State Guide to Enhance the Sector's Contribution to State and National Climate Goals offers sector-specific guidance and dozens of case studies to help integrate NWLs into state climate goals.
U.S. Climate Alliance Releases State Guide to Maximize Emission Reductions, Carbon Sequestration and Storage from Natural and Working Lands

The U.S. Climate Alliance today released a new resource — “Natural and Working Lands and Climate Action: A State Guide to Enhance the Sector’s Contribution to State and National Climate Goals” — to help states further reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and maximize carbon sequestration and storage from natural and working lands (NWLs).

After spotlighting state-led climate action on the global stage at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt — alongside its delegation of more than a dozen top officials from five Alliance states, including Washington Governor Jay Inslee and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham — the U.S. Climate Alliance today vowed to carry this momentum into the new year.
U.S. Climate Alliance Spotlights State-Led Climate Action on the Global Stage at COP27, Vows to Carry Momentum Into 2023

After spotlighting state-led climate action on the global stage at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt — alongside its delegation of more than a dozen top officials from five Alliance states, including Washington Governor Jay Inslee and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham — the U.S. Climate Alliance today vowed to carry this momentum into the new year.

US Climate Alliance @ COP27 | Credit: United Nations Foundation
COP27 – Climate Action Everywhere

State and local officials from America Is All In and the U.S. Climate Alliance convened a discussion with top Administration officials on the work being done — and still to come — to make this transformation a reality and the value of partnership between all levels of government.

COP27 – Forward Together | U.S. Climate Alliance | Credit: World Wildlife Fund
COP27 – Forward Together

Hosted by the U.S. Climate Alliance and America Is All In, this event featured Council on Environmental Quality Chair Brenda Mallory, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, and Oakland, California Mayor Libby Schaaf.

US Climate Alliance @ COP27 | Credit: United Nations Foundation
COP27 – A Matter of SCALE

Hosted by the U.S. Department of State, this event brought together representatives from the national and subnational levels.

COP27 – The Future is Now | U.S. Climate Alliance | Credit: World Wildlife Fund
COP27 – The Future is Now

U.S. Climate Alliance Governors Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico and Jay Inslee of Washington and White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi led an important discussion on how, together, we can deliver on the promise of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Climate Week NYC 2022 – Full Speed Ahead: US States Delivering the Next Generation of Climate Action | U.S. Climate Alliance | Credit: Don Pollard / Office of Governor Kathy Hochul
Climate Week NYC 2022 – Full Speed Ahead

The U.S. Climate Alliance hosted a news conference with New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy at the Javits Center in New York, New York.

The U.S. Climate Alliance in the news.
AP: In Light of EPA Court Ruling, New Focus on States’ Power 

The Associated Press covers a statement by U.S. Climate Alliance Co-Chairs, Governors Jay Inslee (WA), Kathy Hochul (NY), and Gavin Newsom (CA), reaffirming the Alliance’s commitment to power sector decarbonization in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in WV v. EPA.

Casey Katims is the Executive Director of the U.S. Climate Alliance.
U.S. Climate Alliance Names Casey Katims Executive Director

The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that Casey Katims, who most recently served as Deputy Associate Administrator for Intergovernmental Relations at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has been named Executive Director. The Alliance also announced that Taryn Finnessey has been promoted to Managing Director of the Alliance.

U.S. Climate Alliance 2021 Annual Report | Further. Faster. Together: Alliance states and territories are delivering on their climate commitments and are on track to meet 2030 and 2050 climate goals.
U.S. Climate Alliance Releases 2021 Annual Report, Details Pathway to Achieve 2030, 2050 Climate Goals Through Collective State-Federal Action

Weeks after announcing the next generation of high-impact climate actions its states will pursue to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius at COP26, the U.S. Climate Alliance today released its annual report, “Further. Faster. Together.” which details how states are delivering on their climate commitments and finds that the U.S. and Alliance can achieve their 2030 and 2050 climate goals.

As the world’s leaders convene in Glasgow for the most consequential UN Climate Change Conference since Paris, the U.S. Climate Alliance today announced the next generation of “High-Impact Actions” its states will pursue to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and help achieve the U.S. nationally-determined contributions (NDC) and the Alliance’s 2030 and 2050 climate goals.
U.S. Climate Alliance States Commit to New High-Impact Actions to Achieve Climate Goals and Go Further, Faster, Together

As the world’s leaders convene in Glasgow for the most consequential UN Climate Change Conference since Paris, the U.S. Climate Alliance today announced the next generation of “High-Impact Actions” its states will pursue to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and help achieve the U.S. nationally-determined contributions (NDC) and the Alliance’s 2030 and 2050 climate goals.

The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that six of its governors — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Hawaii Gov. David Ige, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown — alongside top state officials from California, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Maryland, and Minnesota will participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland between October 31 and November 12, 2021.
COP26 – Further, Faster, Together: U.S. Climate Alliance Unveils COP26 Delegation

The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that six of its governors — Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Hawaiʻi Gov. David Ige, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown — alongside top state officials from California, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Maryland, and Minnesota will participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland between October 31 and November 12, 2021.

Climate Week NYC 2021 – Securing Our Future: Meeting the Climate Challenge at COP26 and with Bold Infrastructure Investment | U.S. Climate Alliance
Climate Week NYC 2021 – Securing Our Future

The event previewed the delegation of Alliance governors participating in COP26 and provided an opportunity for governors to elaborate on how U.S. infrastructure investment can benefit their states.

News and updates from the U.S. Climate Alliance.
U.S. Climate Alliance Urges Federal Action on the Climate Crisis

The Executive Director of the bipartisan U.S. Climate Alliance today issued the following statement regarding the Alliance’s continued commitment to address climate change and how the election outcome has created an opportunity for the U.S. federal government, in close partnership with states, to restore national climate leadership.

U.S. Climate Alliance 2020 Annual Report | Leading the Charge: Alliance states and territories are building capacity to aggressively address the climate crisis despite federal rollbacks.
Coalition of 25 Governors, Leading Most Ambitious State Climate Agenda in U.S. History, Vows to Continue Climate Action

Today, the U.S. Climate Alliance released its annual report, “Leading the Charge: Working Together to Build an Equitable, Clean and Prosperous Future.” The report details the climate action and policy framework Alliance governors have built over the course of the past three years and sets forth recommendations to Congress and the federal government for national climate action.