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Governors Newsom and Evers Appointed Co-Chairs of U.S. Climate Alliance, Governors Ferguson and Meyer Join Executive Committee | U.S. Climate Alliance
Governors Newsom and Evers Appointed Co-Chairs of U.S. Climate Alliance, Governors Ferguson and Meyer Join Executive Committee
May 8, 2025

The U.S. Climate Alliance today announced that California Governor Gavin Newsom and Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers have been appointed co-chairs of the Alliance. Together with New York Governor and outgoing Alliance co-chair Kathy Hochul, Delaware Governor Matt Meyer, and Washington Governor Bob Ferguson, they will serve on the Alliance’s executive committee.

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NYT: Trump Threatens Climate Policies in the States
April 9, 2025

The New York Times reports on President Trump’s executive order targeting state authority, including a statement from Alliance co-chairs New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham.

Image Source: Unsplash, NASA/JPL | Learning Lab on Accelerating Progress in Climate Smart Agriculture and Forestry | U.S. Climate Alliance | American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C. | Representatives from 17 states and territories and experts from the research and NGO communities convened at this Learning Lab, hosted by the U.S. Climate Alliance, to highlight innovative, cutting-edge approaches to quantifying and modeling GHG emissions and sequestration.
Learning Lab on Quantifying Greenhouse Gases in Natural and Working Lands
March 12, 2025

This Learning Lab on Quantifying Greenhouse Gases in Natural and Working Lands, hosted by the U.S. Climate Alliance, convened representatives from 17 states and territories and experts from the research and NGO communities to highlight innovative, cutting-edge approaches to quantifying and modeling greenhouse gas emissions and sequestration.

As the Trump administration announced it will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance – New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham – today delivered a letter to UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell making it clear to the global community that climate action will continue in the U.S.
U.S. Climate Alliance to the International Community: “We Will Continue America’s Work to Achieve the Goals of the Paris Agreement” 
January 20, 2025

As the Trump administration announced it will withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, the co-chairs of the U.S. Climate Alliance – New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham – today delivered a letter to UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell making it clear to the global community that climate action will continue in the U.S.

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
November 21, 2024

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
November 16, 2024

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 
November 15, 2024

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
November 14, 2024

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
September 23, 2024

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
May 9, 2024

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
December 20, 2023

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
November 30, 2023

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
November 30, 2023

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
November 30, 2023

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.

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