Helping States Lead the Way Toward a National Response to Climate Change

There is growing scientific consensus that the impacts of global warming are nearing one or more tipping points and that if these points are passed, the result will be massive economic and environmental displacement worldwide within the next 20 years. There is also broad consensus that without a national program to address greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in the United States, the world cannot avoid passing these critical tipping points. And while several states, cities, and companies have taken significant steps to address global warming in their own jurisdictions, the progress is too slow and dispersed to overcome the lack of such policies in other parts of the nation or at the federal level.

New America’s Climate Policy Program, which launched March 30th, 2007, focuses on designing and implementing a national response to climate change by aggregating the action of state and local governments. To learn more, please see the tabs below -- or click here for a detailed program description.

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