Full Title: Maryland Commission on Climate Change
Author(s): Maryland Department of the Environment
Publisher(s): Maryland Department of the Environment
Publication Date: December 1, 2015
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Description (excerpt):
In 2007, the Maryland Commission on Climate Change (MCCC) was established by Executive Order (01.01.2007.07) and charged with evaluating and recommending state goals to reduce Maryland’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and to reduce those emissions to 80 percent of their 2006 levels by 2050. The MCCC was also tasked with developing a plan of action that addressed the causes and impacts of climate change and included firm benchmarks and timetables for policy implementation. As a result of the work of more than 100 stakeholders and subject matter experts, the MCCC produced a climate action plan. That plan was the impetus of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Act (GGRA) of 2009.
In 2014, the MCCC was re-established by another Executive Order (01.01.2014.14) and its scope and membership were expanded to include non-state government participants. The MCCC now has representatives from the administration, the legislature, business, non-profit organizations and local governments.