Learn more about our programs and resources, multistate partnerships, and intergovernmental engagement below.
The Alliance Secretariat helps its members advance state-led climate action through capacity-building programs, convenings, policy guides, and other key resources.
The Alliance Secretariat regularly convenes Working Groups to deepen member collaboration, share lessons and best practices, and provide services and tools to help members advance high-impact action across policy priority areas.
The Alliance Secretariat leads two programs to build state climate capacity: the Technical Assistance Fund, which provides demand-driven technical and policy support to help Alliance members overcome barriers and drive transformative climate action, and the Climate Leadership Grant Program, which bolsters state-level staff capacity to help Alliance members advance climate priorities, deploy federal funds, and take durable and equitable climate action.
The Alliance’s Learning Labs bring together officials from member states and territories to dive deep into key priorities and emerging topics across the coalition’s policy priority areas. These events feature panels, breakout discussions, and other opportunities for states to share innovative solutions and engage top experts and researchers.
The Alliance Secretariat’s policy guides offer case studies, strategies, and best practices to help states accelerate action and overcome challenges in key policy areas, from land use planning and industrial decarbonization to climate resilience and natural climate solutions.
The Alliance Secretariat provides a platform to scale climate solutions across states by launching, leading, and supporting a wide variety of multistate initiatives and partnerships.
Through the Affordable Clean Cars Coalition, more than a dozen Alliance states are collaborating to sustain America’s transition to cleaner and more affordable cars, support U.S. automotive manufacturers and workers, and preserve states’ clean air authority.
Through the Governors’ Climate-Ready Workforce Initiative, Alliance members are collaborating 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 coalition’s states and territories.
Alliance members are working together to deploy more clean, affordable, and efficient heat pumps across America and deliver on their 2023 commitment to quadruple heat pump installations — collectively reaching 20 million heat pump installations by the end of the decade.
Through the State Buy Clean Partnership, more than a dozen states are collaborating to advance procurement of cleaner construction materials in publicly-funded projects to help reduce emissions from the industrial sector, support U.S. manufacturing of clean materials, and create good-paying jobs in communities across America.
Through the State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative, more than 20 states are collaborating to support the adoption of advanced transmission technologies to bolster the capacity of America’s electric grid to more effectively meet current and future energy demand.
The Alliance Secretariat coordinates engagement across government to help members inform key federal rules and actions, partner with local leaders, and share their progress on the global stage.
The Alliance Secretariat empowers members to engage in key federal proceedings and ensures governors’ voices are heard on federal programs, policies, and regulations that are critical to cutting pollution and strengthening resilience.
The Alliance Secretariat facilitates opportunities for members to engage with the international community, report on collective progress, and convey their states’ enduring commitment to global climate goals, including when the world convenes to take stock of the Paris Agreement.
The Alliance Secretariat provides a platform for coalition members to join forces with mayors and other local leaders to advance shared priorities, speak with a united voice, and deliver on climate goals in communities across America.
