List of climate change initiatives


This is a list of climate change initiatives of international, national, regional, and local political initiatives to take action on climate change.
A Climate Action Plan is a set of strategies intended to guide efforts for climate change mitigation.

International initiatives

RegionName of initiativeSince
2010
European Union, plus Norway, Iceland, LiechtensteinEuropean Union Emissions Trading Scheme2005
European UnionEuropean Climate Change ProgrammeJune 2000
GermanyThe International Climate Initiative 2008
GermanyEuropean Climate Initiative 2017

North America

RegionName of initiativeSince
New England and Eastern Canadian provincesNew England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers Climate Change Action Plan 200128 August 2001
Washington, Oregon, and CaliforniaWest Coast Governors’ Global Warming InitiativeNovember 2004
Western states of Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Québec of Canada, with various Indian nations, US and Mexican states, and Canadian provinces as interested observersWCI, the Western Climate Initiative 24 April 2007
Mid-western states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Kansas, and the Canadian province of Manitoba; observers include Indiana, Ohio, South Dakota, and the Canadian province of OntarioMidwest Governors' Accord, the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord15 November 2007
Arizona and New MexicoSouthwest Climate Change Initiative2008
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, with other eastern states and Canadian provinces as observersRegional Greenhouse Gas Initiative2009
Open to all U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and Mexican states, but current participants are Arizona, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Rhode Island, Vermont, WashingtonNorth America 20502012

Global environment facility

National initiatives

CountryName of initiative
AustraliaCarbon tax in Australia, also known as the Clean Energy Plan
CanadaCanada's Initiative
New ZealandNew Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
NigeriaReduction from Business as Usual
South AfricaBuffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Project
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Climate Change Programme
United States

Local initiatives

United States

StateName of initiative
CaliforniaGlobal Warming Solutions Act
ConnecticutConnecticut's Initiative

City or countyName of initiative
ICLEI campaigns for cities in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the United StatesCCP, Cities for Climate Protection
BaltimoreBaltimore Climate Action Plan
Boulder, ColoradoBoulder Climate Action Plan
ChicagoChicago Climate Action Plan
CincinnatiGreen Cincinnati Plan
ClevelandCleveland Climate Action Plan
DetroitDetroit Climate Action Collaborative
KalamazooKalamazoo Climate Action Plan
City of Los Angeles, CaliforniaL.A.'s Green New Deal Sustainability Plan 2019
County of Los Angeles, CaliforniaOur County Regional Sustainability Plan
New York CityNew York City Panel on Climate Change
Oakland, CaliforniaCity of Oakland Energy and Climate Action Plan
PittsburghPittsburgh Climate Initiative
San FranciscoSan Francisco Climate Action Plan
SeattleSeattle Climate Action Plan