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This is a list of climate change initiatives of international, national, regional, and local political initiatives to take action on climate change (global warming).

A Climate Action Plan (CAP) is a set of strategies intended to guide efforts for climate change mitigation.^[1]

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"Hamilton's Climate Action Strategy | City of Hamilton". www.hamilton.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

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"Net Zero 2050". www.greatersudbury.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

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"Développement durable". www.ville.quebec.qc.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

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Montréal, Ville de. "Montréal Climate Plan: Objective carbon-neutral by 2050". montreal.ca. Retrieved 2023-06-03.

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Management, Environmental & Safety. "Calgary Climate Strategy". www.calgary.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

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"Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Strategy | City of Edmonton". www.edmonton.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

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"Climate Action Plan | Saskatoon.ca". www.saskatoon.ca. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

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"City of Regina | Renewable Regina". City of Regina. Retrieved 2023-07-18.

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Region	Name of initiative	Since
European Space Agency	Climate Change Initiative^[2]	2010
European Union, plus Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein	European Union Emissions Trading Scheme	2005
European Union	European Climate Change Programme	June 2000
Germany	The International Climate Initiative (IKI)	2008
Germany	European Climate Initiative (EUKI)^[3]	2017

Region	Name of initiative	Since
New England and Eastern Canadian provinces	New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) Climate Change Action Plan 2001	28 August 2001
Washington, Oregon, and California	West Coast Governors' Global Warming Initiative	November 2004
Western states of Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Québec of Canada, with various Indian nations, US and Mexican states, and Canadian provinces as interested observers	WCI, the Western Climate Initiative (formerly Western Regional Climate Action Initiative)	24 April 2007
Mid-western states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Kansas, and the Canadian province of Manitoba; observers include Indiana, Ohio, South Dakota, and the Canadian province of Ontario	Midwest Governors' Accord, the Midwestern Greenhouse Gas Reduction Accord	15 November 2007
Arizona and New Mexico	Southwest Climate Change Initiative	2008
Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Virginia with other eastern states and Canadian provinces as observers	Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative	2009
Open to all U.S. states, Canadian provinces, and Mexican states, but current participants are Arizona, British Columbia, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington^[4]	North America 2050	2012

Country	Name of initiative
Australia	Carbon pricing in Australia, also known as the Clean Energy Plan
Canada	Canada's Initiative
Ireland	Climate Action Plan^[5]
New Zealand	New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme
Nigeria	Reduction from Business as Usual (BAU)^[6]
South Africa	Buffelsdraai Landfill Site Community Reforestation Project
United Kingdom	United Kingdom Climate Change Programme
United States	President's 2002 Emission Intensity Reduction Goal Presidential Climate Action Plan

State	Name of initiative
California	Global Warming Solutions Act
Connecticut	Connecticut's Initiative

City or county	Name of initiative
ICLEI campaigns for cities in Australia, Canada, Europe, Japan, Latin America, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the United States	CCP, Cities for Climate Protection
Baltimore	Baltimore Climate Action Plan^[7]
Boulder, Colorado	Boulder Climate Action Plan
Chicago	Chicago Climate Action Plan
Cincinnati	Green Cincinnati Plan^[7]
Cleveland	Cleveland Climate Action Plan^[7]
Detroit	Detroit Climate Action Collaborative^[7]
Kalamazoo	Kalamazoo Climate Action Plan^[8]^[9]
City of Los Angeles, California	L.A.'s Green New Deal Sustainability Plan 2019^[10]
County of Los Angeles, California	Our County Regional Sustainability Plan^[11]
New York City	New York City Panel on Climate Change
Oakland, California	City of Oakland Energy and Climate Action Plan
Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh Climate Initiative^[7]
San Diego	San Diego Climate Action Plan
San Francisco	San Francisco Climate Action Plan
Seattle	Seattle Climate Action Plan

Climate_Action_Plan

List of climate change initiatives

International initiatives

Europe

North America

National initiatives

Local initiatives

United States

Canada

Provincial plans

Regional or municipal plans

See also

References

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Province	Name of initiative
Ontario	A Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan^[13]
British Columbia	CleanBC^[14]
Sascatchewen	Prairie Resilience^[15]

City or region	Name of initiative
Toronto	TransformTO
Ottawa	Climate Change Master Plan^[16]
Region of Waterloo	TransformWR^[17]
Hamilton	Hamilton Climate Action Strategy^[18]
Greater Sudbury	Community Energy and Emissions Plan^[19]
Québec City	Plan de transition et d'action climatique^[20]
Montréal	Climate Plan^[21]
Vancouver	Climate Emergency Action Plan^[22]
Winnipeg	Winnipeg Climate Action Plan^[23]
Calgary	Calgary Climate Strategy^[24]
Edmonton	Climate Resilient Edmonton^[25]
Saskatoon	Saskatoon Climate Action Plan^[26]
Regina	Renewable Regina^[27]
Halifax	HalifACT^[28]
Saint John	Municipal Energy Efficiency Program^[29]
Fredericton	Climate Change Adaptation Plan^[30]
Charlottetown	Charlottetown Climate Action Plan^[31]
Mississauga	Climate Change Action Plan^[32]