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From the September 14, 2021 Council Meeting:
- Green House Gas Inventory Report
- Social Cost of Carbon and Cost of Carbon Report
- Science and Data Subcommittee Greenhouse Gas Inventory Recommendations
- Guiding Principles Memo to the Vermont Climate Council
- Engagement Update
- CAP Drafting Assignments - September 2021
-
CAP Drafting Deadlines to VCC and Council Meeting for Review
From the September 10, 2021 Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee Meeting:
From the September 7, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting:
- Prioritization Framework PPT
- CAP Drafting Proposal - Final
- DRAFT – Vermont Climate Council Agenda
- Engagement Update
From the September 3, 2021 Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee Meeting:
- DRAFT Agriculture Stakeholder Group Meeting Invite
- DRAFT Agriculture Stakeholder Group Meeting Agenda
From the September 2, 2021 Cross-Sector Mitigation Subcommittee Meeting:
- Electricity Sector Technical Workshop Summary
- Buildings Workshop Summary
- Transportation Workshop Summary
- LEAP Update
- Task 4: Pathways Analysis: Overview for Cross Sector Mitigation Subcommittee
From the September 1, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting:
From the August 27, 2021 Rural Resilience and Adaptation Subcommittee Meeting:
From the August 26, 2021 Just Transitions Subcommittee Meeting:
- DRAFT VT Outreach Material - Poster
- DRAFT VT Outreach Material – Overview
- DRAFT VT Outreach Material – What’s at stake and what can be done
- DRAFT VT Outreach Material – Public Event Deck
- DRAFT VT Outreach Materials – Pathways & Strategies
- DRAFT VT Outreach Materials - Event Planning Guide
- DRAFT VT Outreach Materials – Event Facilitation Guide
8/10/21 Electric Sector Workshop, 8/19/21 Buildings and Thermal Workshop, 8/26/21 Transportation Sector Workshop Materials: 2022 Plan | Department of Public Service (vermont.gov)
From the August 23, 2021 Full Council Meeting
- Guiding Principles for a Just Transition – Final
- Response to Feedback on Draft Guiding Principles - Final
- Final Recommendations Regarding Social Cost of Carbon and Cost of Carbon
- Public Engagement and Technical Analysis Timeline
- Presentation of Revised Guiding Principles and Scoring Rubric
- Measurable Goals
- Rural Resilience and Adaptation Goals and Vision
- Public Engagement Timeline
- Technical Analysis Timeline
- Social Cost of Carbon Presentation
From the August 20, 2021 Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee Meeting:
From the August 18, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting:
- Social Cost of Carbon and Cost of Carbon Reduction Model Review: Revised EFG Task 3 Report
- Draft Recommendations Regarding Social Cost of Carbon
- Draft Recommendations Regarding Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Supplemental Accounting
- Final Recommendations Regarding Social Cost of Carbon and Cost of Carbon
From the August 19, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting:
From the August 12, 2021 Just Transitions Subcommittee Meeting:
- Draft Guiding Principles for a Just Transition - 8/5/21
- Draft Summary of Feedback Responses - 8/5/21
From the August 11, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting:
- Social Cost of Carbon and Cost of Carbon Model Review - Full Report (Word)
- Social Cost of Carbon and Cost of Carbon Model Review - Presentation (PDF)
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
- Greenhouse Inventory Report Comments and Decision Points Presentation
From the August 9, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting:
- Major Milestones - August 2021
- VCC Subcommittee Membership - August 2021
- CAP Outline - August 2021
- Climate Action Plan Development Task Lead Proposal
From the August 6, 2021 Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee Meeting:
From the August 6, 2021 Rural Resilience and Adaptation Subcommittee Meeting:
From the August 5, 2021 Cross-Sector Mitigation Subcommittee Meeting:
From the August 4, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting:
State of Vermont Climate Action Public Engagement Plan - July 28, 2021
From the July 30, 2021 Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee Meeting:
From the July 29, 2021 Just Transitions Subcommittee Meeting:
- Draft Climate Plan Scoring Rubric – July Revisions
- Draft Guiding Principles for a Just Transition - July draft revisions
- Draft Summary of Feedback Response 7/26
From the July 26, 2021 Vermont Climate Council Meeting:
- July 2021 Major Milestones
- Building the Climate Action Plan Initial Suite of Sectoral Pathways and Strategies
- Agriculture and Ecosystems - Building the Climate Action Plan Initial Suite of Sectoral Pathways and Strategies
- Cross-Sector Mitigation - Building Task - Building the Climate Action Plan Initial Suite of Sectoral Pathways and Strategies
- Cross-Sector Mitigation - Cross-Cutting Issues - Building the Climate Action Plan Initial Suite of Sectoral Pathways and Strategies
- Cross-Sector Mitigation - Electric Task - Building the Climate Action Plan Initial Suite of Sectoral Pathways and Strategies
- Cross-Sector Mitigation - Non-Energy Task - Building the Climate Action Plan Initial Suite of Sectoral Pathways and Strategies
- Cross-Sector Mitigation - Transportation Task - Building the Climate Action Plan Initial Suite of Sectoral Pathways and Strategies
- Rural Resilience and Adaptation - Building the Climate Action Plan Initial Suite of Sectoral Pathways and Strategies
- Vermont Climate Council: Getting the Most Out of Green Infrastructure - Greenprint Partners - 7-26-21
From the July 23, 2021 Rural Resilience and Adaptation Subcommittee Meeting:
From the July 22, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting:
- July 26, 2021 Vermont Climate Council Meeting Agenda
- Public Engagement Steering Committee presentation
From the July 21, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting:
From the July 16, 2021 Just Transitions Subcommittee Meeting:
From the July 16, 2021 Rural Resilience and Adaptation Subcommittee Meeting:
- RRA - Task 1-1, 2 and 3 strategies presentation
- Task 2 - Rural Transportation Resilience with Pathways and Strategies
- Municipal Best Practice Recommendations
- Municipal Fossil Fuel Usage survey - preliminary responses
- Rygate Energy Audit
From the July 12, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting:
- Vermont's Climate Action Plan Public Engagement Strategy - July 2021
- Draft Pathways and Strategies Template Presentation
- July 26, 2021 Draft Vermont Climate Council Agenda
From the July 9, 2021 Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee Meeting:
From the July 9, 2021 Rural Resilience and Adaptation Subcommittee Meeting:
- Work Plan Task 4 & 5 Presentation - July 9, 2021
- Energy Telecom Resilience Strategies Presentation
- Smart Growth Ideas - July 9, 2021
From the July 8, 2021 Cross-Sector Mitigation Subcommittee Meeting:
From the July 7, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting:
From the July 2, 2021 Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee Meeting:
From the July 2, 2021 Rural Resilience and Adaptation Subcommittee Meeting:
From the June 28, 2021 Vermont Climate Council Meeting
- Options for Supporting Sub-Committees with Just Transition Analysis 6-28-21
- Cadmus Technical Services Presentation for Vermont Climate Council 6-28-21
-
Just Transitions Reflections Presentation for the Vermont Climate Council 6-28-21
From the June 25, 2021 Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee Meeting:
- Vermont Climate Assessment 6-25-21
- GWSA VCC Ag and Ecosystem Subcommittee Subtask Group 5C Recommendations 6-24-21
- Vermont Resilience Matrix, Chris Koliba 6-25-21
From the June 24, 2021Cross-Sector Mitigation Subcommittee Meeting:
From the June 24, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting:
- WMN Consulting Statement of Work for the Vermont Climate Council 6-23-21
- WMN Consulting State of Work Pricing for the Vermont Climate Council 6-23-21
From the June 23, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting:
- DRAFT 6-30-21 Agenda GHG Inventory Review Public Comment 1
- Science and Data Subcommittee Workplan Summer 2021 v1.1
- Cross-Cutting Systems Task Group Slides
From the June 17, 2021 Just Transitions Subcommittee Meeting:
- Vermont Climate Council Equity Scoring Rubric 6-17-21
- Draft Guiding Principles for a Just Transition, 6-17-21
- Memo from Just Transitions to VCC and Subcommittees 6-9-21
From the June 10, 2021 Cross-Sector Mitigation Subcommittee Meeting:
- Cross Sector Mitigation Team Transportation Presentation - June 10, 2021 Draft
- Draft Transportation Strategies - Cross Sector Mitigation - June 10, 2021
- Cross Sector Mitigation Strategies - Non-Energy - June 10, 2021
From the June 9, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting:
- Draft Workplace for Subcommittee Discussion 6-8-21
- Science and Data Subcommittee 2021 Summer Work Plan 6-8-21
- SEI Reference Case Slides 6-9-21
From the June 7, 2021 Steering Committee with Subcommittee Co-chairs Meeting:
- Vermont Climate Council Equity Scoring Rubric 6-4-21
- Draft Guiding Principles for a Just Transition, June 2021
- Climate Action Plan Development Timeline and Milestones 6-4-21
- Strategies Template, Agriculture and Ecosystems 6-4-21
- Strategies Template, Cross-Sector Mitigation 6-4-21
- Maine Climate Council June 2020 - Template for Recommendation
From the June 4, 2021 Rural Resilience and Adaptation Subcommittee Meeting:
- Rural Resilience and Adaptation Strategies Template 6-2-21
- Rural Resilience and Adaptation 2021 Task Groups
- Rural Resilience and Adaptation 2021 Work Plan
- Vermont Municipal Vulnerability Index 6-2-21
- Municipality Resiliency Index Scores 6-2-21
From the June 4, 2021 Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee Meeting:
- Strategies Template, Agriculture and Ecosystems 6-4-21
- Agriculture and Ecosystems Summer 2021 Work Plan
From the June 3, 2021 Just Transitions Subcommittee Meeting:
- Draft Guiding Principles for a Just Transition, June 2021
- Vermont Climate Council Equity Scoring Rubric 6-3-21
From the May 28, 2021 Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee Meeting:
From the May 27, 2021 Cross-Sector Mitigation Subcommittee Meeting:
From the May 27, 2021 Just Transitions Subcommittee Meeting:
From the May 26, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting:
- Science and Data Subcommittee Draft Work Plan for Discussion V 2.0 5-20-21
- Draft Questions and Process for Work Plan Items 2, 3 and 6 v2.0 5-20-21
From the May 24, 2021 Full Council Committee Meeting:
- Major Milestones for Council and Subcommittees, May 21, 2021
- Characterizing Environmental Justice Issues in Vermont, May 24, 2021
- Guiding Principles for a Just Transition, May 2021 Draft
- Community Engagement Audience Analysis, Vermont Climate Council, May 24, 2021
- H.439 Climate Investments 5-24-21
From the May 20, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting:
From the May 20, 2021 Just Transitions Subcommittee Meeting:
Sustainability Questions 5-14-21
From the May 13, 2021 Just Transitions Subcommittee Meeting:
- Identified Themes Guiding Principles - Just Transitions Subcommittee 5-13-21
- Naming of Frontline/Impacted Communities
- Just Transitions Questions for Subcommittees
From the May 13, 2021 Cross-Sector Mitigation Subcommittee Meeting:
From the May 12, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting:
- Draft Questions and Process for Work Plan Items 2 3 and 6
- Draft Workplan for Subcommittee Comment REVISED 4/20/21
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Methods 5/12/21
From the May 10, 2021 Steering Committee with Subcommittee Co-chairs Meeting:
- Vermont Climate Council Membership Updated 5/7/21
- Climate Action Plan (CAP) Development Timeline 5/10/21
From Subcommittee Meetings the Week of May 10, 2021
From the May 6, 2021 Just Transitions Subcomittee Meeting:
From the April 30, 2021 Rural Resilience and Adaptation Subcommittee Meeting:
From the April 30, 2021 Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommitee Meeting:
- Multi criteria analysis (MCA) Matrix 4-28-21
- Agricutlure and Ecosystems Tasks and Subtasks Draft 4-23-21
From the April 29, 2021 Just Transistions Subcommittee Meeting:
From the April 29, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting:
- Vermont Climate Council Roles and Dates 4-29-21
- Improving Online Dialogues
- Follow-up on Supporting Equitable Processes
- Letter re: Centering Racial Justice and Equity in Vermont Climate and Environmental Policy
2021-4-21 Initial CAP Outline DRAFT for Discussion
From the April 26, 2021 Full Council Meeting
- Letter re: Centering Racial Justice and Equity in Vermont Climate and Environmental Policy
- Vermont Climate Council Roles
- Public Outreach Support for the Development of Vermont's Climate Action Plan
- Governor Scott's Proposed Investment of American Recovery Plan Funds
- Governor Scott’s Proposed Investment of American Recovery Plan Funds Stories
From the April 21, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting
- 2021-4-21 Vermont’s GHG Inventory and the GWSA- Science and Data Subcommittee of the Vermont Climate Council
- 2020-4-20 Draft Work Plan for Discussion REVISED - Science and Data Subcommittee of the Vermont Climate Council
- 2021-4-21 Health Infrastructure NCA4 - Science and Data Subcommittee of the Vermont Climate Council
From Agriculture and Ecosystems Subcommittee
- Draft Prioritization Framework for Agriculture and Ecosystems - Updated 4-15-21
- MCA Co-Benefits & Tradeoffs Assessment Matrix - Agriculture and Ecosystems - Updated 4-15-21
From the April 16, 2021 Rural Resilience and Adaptation Subcommittee Meeting
From the April 15, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting
- Climate Action Plan Outline DRAFT for Discussion 4-12-21
- Vermont Climate Council Subcommittee Membership Updated 4-15-21
From the Just Transitions April 15, 2021 Meeting
From Agriculture and Ecosytems:
- VCC Ag. & Ecosystem Subcommittee Workplan 3-31-21
- VCC Ag. & Ecosystems Subcommittee - Charge 3-31-21
- VCC Ag. & Ecosystems Subcommittee Task Coordination 4-9-21
From the April 7, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting
From the April 1, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting; Cross-Sector Mitigation April 1, 2021 Meeting; and Agriculture and Ecosystems April 2, 2021 Meeting:
From the April 1, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting
From the April 1, 2021 Cross-Sector Mitigation Subcommittee Meeting
- Proposal - Public Outreach Support for the Development of the Vermont Climate Action Plan
- Outreach Engagement Scope of Work
Resource List for Just Transitions
From the March 30, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting
From the March 25, 2021 Just Transistions Subcommittee Meeting
- Building Consensus and Developing Draft Guiding Principals
- Draft Guiding Principles Just Transitions Subcommittee
From the March 22, 2021 Full Council Meeting
- Update on Subcommittee Work and Moving from RFI to RFP March 22, 2021
- Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan Overview March 22, 2021
- Draft Process Roadmap Updated March 19, 2021
- Subcommittee Charges Updated March 19, 2021
- Subcommittee Composition Updated March 19, 2021
From the March 18, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting
- Vermont Climate Council Draft Process Roadmap, Version March 16, 2021
- Subcommittee Composition Updated March 18, 2021
From the March 17, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting
- Vermont Comprehensive Energy Plan
- Science and Data Subcommittee Descriptions - Redline Version - Updated 3-16-21
From the March 11, 2021 Just Transitions Subcommittee Meeting
From the March 10, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting
From the March 5, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting
From the March 4, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting
From the March 1, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting
- Final Subcommittee Composition
- Finalize Subcommittee Membership/Subcommittee Administration/Major Milestones for Subcommittee
From the February 22, 2021 Meeting
- Vermont Climate Council Subcommittee Descriptions and Major Milestones for Consideration
- Cross-Sector Mitigation Subcommittee Policy Outcomes and Pathways Ideas From Their 2-17-21 Meeting
- Major Milestones for Subcommittees
- Energy Action Network Presentation
From the February 19, 2021 Science and Data Subcommittee Meeting
From the February 8, 2021 Meeting
- Vermont Climate Council Subcommittee Membership Presentation
- Vermont Climate Council Draft Process Roadmap, 2-8-21
From the February 4, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting
From the Februrary 1, 2021 Steering Committee Meeting
- Vermont Climate Council Process Roadmap/Draft Charter
- Vermont Climate Council Subcommittee Assignments - Working Document
From the January 25, 2021 Meeting
- New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, Maureen Leddy
- Maine Climate Council Presentation, Hannah Pingre
- Full report
- More detail on Maine’s working groups, membership of working groups, and working group papers.
- United States Climate Alliance, Keri Enright-Kato
- Draft Process Roadmap for Discussion
January 15, 2021 - Legislative Report
Vermont Global Warming Solutions Act Technical Services RFI - RFI Questions and Responses 1-29-21
From the January 11, 2021 Meeting
From the January 4, 2021 Meeting
- Climate Resilience Across VT State Government
- Climate Mitigation Adaptation and Resilience on Natural and Working Lands
- Equity in Climate Policy - Systemic Change for a Stronger Community
From the December 21, 2020 Meeting
- Vermont's Current Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Profile
- Inventory of Existing Programs that Impact GHG Emissions
- Climate Change in Vermont: Impacts, Risks and Adaptation
From the November 20, 2020 Meeting: