Climate Action Council Draft Scoping Plan
The climate action Scoping Plan was carefully drafted by teams of experts and stakeholders from across the State.
The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (Climate Act) was signed into law in 2019 and is one of the most ambitious climate laws in the nation. The law created the Climate Action Council (the Council), which was tasked with developing a Scoping Plan that serves as an initial framework for how the State will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and achieve net-zero emissions, increase renewable energy usage, and ensure climate justice. On December 20, 2021, the Council voted to release the Draft Scoping Plan for public comment. January 1, 2022 marked the beginning of a comment period, which closed on July 1, 2022. The feedback from the public helped the Council develop and release the Final Scoping Plan on January 1, 2023.
Read the Draft Scoping Plan Overview
Read the Draft Scoping Plan
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Appendices
- Appendix A: Advisory Panel Recommendations [PDF]
- Appendix B: CJWG Feedback on Advisory Panel Recommendations [PDF]
- Appendix C: JTWG Recommendations to the Council on Measures to Minimize the Carbon Leakage Risk and Minimize Anti-Competitiveness Impacts of Potential Carbon Policies and Energy Sector Mandates [PDF]
- Appendix D: Power Generation Sites Identified by the JTWG [PDF]
- Appendix E: JTWG Recommendations to the Council on Issues and Opportunities Related to the EITE Entities [PDF]
- Appendix F: Environmental and Health Data for Quantifying Health Benefits of Climate Policy [PDF]
- Appendix G: Integration Analysis Technical Supplement [PDF]
- Appendix G: Annex 1: Inputs and Assumptions [XLSX]
- Appendix G: Annex 2: Key Drivers and Outputs [XLSX] (Updated to include additional data on September 21, 2022)
- Appendix G: Annex 3: Health Analysis Supplemental Data [XLSX]
- Additional Studies Supporting the Integration Analysis
- Appendix H: Adaptation & Resilience Recommendation Components [PDF]
Climate Justice Working Group Input in the Draft Scoping Plan
- Climate Justice Working Group Feedback on Draft Scoping Plan [PDF]
This document shows the Climate Justice Working Group’s input into the Draft Scoping Plan and how it was incorporated. The input is divided by chapter. - Climate Justice Working Group feedback – List Format [PDF]
This document presents the Climate Justice Working Group’s input in the form of a bulleted list organized by chapter and indicates the page in the Draft Scoping Plan where it can be found. - Draft-Scoping-Plan-CJWG-Feedback highlighted [PDF]
This document is the Draft Scoping Plan with each instance of the Climate Justice Working Group’s input highlighted in green.
Integration Analysis
To inform and support the Climate Action Council’s Scoping Plan, an Integration Analysis was developed to estimate the economy-wide benefits, costs, and GHG emissions reductions associated with pathways that achieve the Climate Act GHG emission limits and carbon neutrality goal. This Integration Analysis incorporates and builds from Advisory Panel and Working Group recommendations, as well as inputs and insights from complementary analyses, to model and assess multiple mitigation scenarios. Key results, drivers, and assumptions are available below.
- Integration Analysis – Technical Supplement (Scoping Plan Appendix G [PDF]
- Integration Analysis – Inputs and Assumptions (Scoping Plan Appendix G, Annex 1) [XLSX]
- Integration Analysis – Key Drivers and Outputs (Scoping Plan Appendix G, Annex 2) [XLSX] (Updated to include additional data on September 21, 2022)
Archive of Climate Action Council Meetings and Materials
The Climate Action Council was responsible for developing a Scoping Plan to reduce New York’s greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent by 2030 and no less than 85 percent by 2050. The Council was supported by a Just Transition Working Group and sector-specific Advisory Panels, whose members contributed a diversity of expertise in drafting a suite of recommendations for the Council’s Scoping Plan. Together, these groups determined the emissions reductions strategies necessary to combat climate change, ensuring that the most vulnerable among us benefit from clean energy and guaranteeing that New Yorkers thrive in the low-carbon economy.
Explore the sections below to view recordings of past meetings and the materials that were presented.