Maryland Releases Climate Action Plan

On August 27, 2008, The Maryland Commission on Climate Change released the final version of its Climate Action Plan. The Climate Action Plan brings together the findings of several working groups, covering the likely impacts of climate change for Maryland, as well as strategies the state can take both to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and adapt to a changing climate. The Plan lists a range of near- and long-term GHG reduction goals beginning with a 10 percent reduction below 2006 levels by 2012 extending to a 90 percent reduction by 2050. Forty-two measures are proposed to reduce emissions with model projections showing that full implementation of these measures would achieve a roughly 50 percent reduction in GHG emissions by 2020 with a net economic benefit to the state of about 2 billion dollars.

Maryland Press Release

Maryland Climate Action Plan