North Carolina

Climate

Executive Order

Executive order that calls for various climate and resilience goals. Including; adhering to the Paris Agreement, crafting a Clean Power Plan, a Climate Council, and integrating climate policy into each department.

https://governor.nc.gov/documents/executive-order-no-80-north-carolinas-commitment-address-climate-change-and-transition

https://files.nc.gov/governor/documents/files/EO80-%20NC%27s%20Commitment%20to%20Address%20Climate%20Change%20%26%20Transition%20to%20a%20Clean%20Energy%20Economy.pdf

Report

This plan provides the following: (1) projected change in the climate; (2) climate justice considerations; (3) state infrastructure, assets, programs and services (4) preliminary actions currently underway or which could be taken to reduce the risk for at least three example vulnerability areas; and (5) recommendations for nature-based solutions to enhance ecosystem resiliency and sequester carbon in the state’s natural and working lands.

https://deq.nc.gov/energy-climate/climate-change/nc-climate-change-interagency-council/climate-change-clean-energy-17

https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/climate-change/resilience-plan/2020-Climate-Risk-Assessment-and-Resilience-Plan.pdf

North Carolina’s Climate Action Plan Summary for sector-based policies and measures.

www.climatestrategies.us

https://www.eesi.org/files/ccs_nc_summary.pdf