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COP29 | Baku, Azerbaijan | On the heels of the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. Climate Alliance led a delegation last week to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, where founding member Washington Governor Jay Inslee and top state officials from California, New Mexico, and Maryland, reaffirmed America’s commitment to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement through bold and sustained state-led climate action.
U.S. Climate Alliance Reaffirms America’s Commitment to Paris Agreement on Global Stage at COP29

On the heels of the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. Climate Alliance led a delegation last week to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, where founding member Washington Governor Jay Inslee and top state officials from California, New Mexico, and Maryland, reaffirmed America’s commitment to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement through bold and sustained state-led climate action.

For a third year running, top women leaders representing the U.S. Climate Alliance and America Is All In convened at COP29 for a discussion on how they got their start, the unique perspectives they bring, challenges they face in their roles, their top climate and clean energy priorities, opportunities for collaboration, and much, much more.
COP29 – Trailblazers, Changemakers, & Innovators

For a third year running, top women leaders representing the U.S. Climate Alliance and America Is All In convened at COP29 for a discussion on how they got their start, the unique perspectives they bring, challenges they face in their roles, their top climate and clean energy priorities, opportunities for collaboration, and much, much more.

Top local, state, federal, business, and civil society leaders representing the U.S. Climate Alliance, America Is All In, U.S. Green Building Council, and ICLEI USA came together for a dynamic discussion on the past year of climate progress and the work ahead to sustain and accelerate it, including action to achieve the country’s 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution.
COP29 – Going All In & All Out 

Top local, state, federal, business, and civil society leaders representing the U.S. Climate Alliance, America Is All In, U.S. Green Building Council, and ICLEI USA came together for a dynamic discussion on the past year of climate progress and the work ahead to sustain and accelerate it, including action to achieve the country’s 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution.

COP29 – No Turning Back

Founding member of the U.S. Climate Alliance and America Is All In Co-Chair Washington Governor Jay Inslee joined a conversation with White House National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi about the durability, continuity, and strength of state-led climate action and the path they’re charting to our net-zero future.

Climate Week NYC 2024 | U.S. Climate Alliance | The U.S. Climate Alliance launched the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative to grow career pathways in climate and clean energy fields, strengthen workforce diversity, and jointly train 1 million new registered apprentices by 2035 across the Alliance’s states and territories.
Climate Week NYC 2024 – Building a Climate-Ready Workforce

The U.S. Climate Alliance launched the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative to grow career pathways in climate and clean energy fields, strengthen workforce diversity, and jointly train 1 million new registered apprentices by 2035 across the Alliance’s states and territories.

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

The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham have been appointed co-chairs of the Alliance. Together with Washington Governor and founding member Jay Inslee, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, they will serve on the Alliance’s executive committee charged with overseeing the strategic direction of the coalition. 

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.