GHG Targets and Governance

GHG Targets & Governance

Alliance members are setting ambitious climate targets, developing and implementing detailed action plans, adopting programs that reduce emissions simultaneously across multiple sources, tracking progress, and engaging with communities, businesses, and other stakeholders to chart a path toward a net-zero future. 

GHG Targets & Governance | Michigan Governor Whitmer in Traverse City, Michigan

Member Action

GHG Targets & Governance

Below are tallies of the number of members that have adopted or are in the process of adopting statutory and executive policies and actions.

For the most up-to-date, in-depth breakdown of GHG targets and governance climate actions across our membership, explore the Alliance Policy Database.

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Member Spotlight

Maine Surpasses Medium-Term GHG Emissions Reduction Goals

In June 2024, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection released its 2024 inventory report, which shows that, as of 2021, the state had reduced its gross GHG emissions to 30% below 1990 levels, surpassing its medium-term goal. Further, the state’s lands sequestered a greater proportion of its gross GHG emissions than previous years, moving Maine closer to carbon neutrality.

Press Release | 2025

U.S. Climate Alliance 2025 Annual Report | Pressing Forward | The Alliance’s 2025 Annual Report details how Alliance members are sustaining state-led progress, reducing GHG Emissions 24%, growing GDP by 34%, and driving historic clean energy and clean technology deployment in U.S.
U.S. Climate Alliance Releases Annual Report Detailing Sustained State-Led Progress, Path Forward Despite Obstacles

New data finds members reduced GHG emissions 24% and grew GDP by 34%, driving historic clean energy and clean technology deployment in U.S.

Press Release | 2024

Moving to secure a healthier future and a stronger economy for all Americans, the U.S. Climate Alliance today pledged to work to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 61-66 percent below 2005 levels by 2035.
U.S. Climate Alliance Applauds New Federal Goal to Slash Harmful Climate Pollution, Sets Complementary Collective 2035 Target

Alliance governors pledged to work to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 61-66 percent below 2005 levels by 2035.