Maine’s primary climate mitigation and adaptation strategies

Outlined from slides from Climate Council meeting on September 16, 2020

• Reduce Maine’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions (mitigation)
  • Bring the Future of Transportation to Maine
    • Increase electric vehicle use
    • Reduce emissions from current gas and diesel engines
    • Reduce vehicle miles traveled
    • Explore funding options for transportation needs & emissions reductions
  • Modernize Maine’s Buildings
    • Improve the design and construction of new buildings
    • Promote climate-friendly building products
    • Transition to cleaner heating and cooling systems
    • Institute a Renewable Fuel Standard
    • Weatherize existing buildings
    • Lead by Example in publicly funded buildings
    • Incentivize hospitals to be carbon neutral
  • Reduce Carbon Emissions in Maine’s Energy and Industrial Sectors
    • Ensure adequate affordable clean energy supply
    • Initiate a stakeholder process to modernize Maine’s electric grid
    • Accelerate the decarbonization of industrial use and processes
    • Encourage highly efficient Combined Heat and Power facilities
    • Develop financing options to meet clean energy and emission reduction targets
• Prepare for Climate Change Impacts (adaptation)
  • Build Healthy and Resilient Communities
    • Enhance and coordinate assistance and funding for community resilience 
    • Improve the planning and legal tools that build resilience
    • Invest in public health monitoring and education
    • Protect water sources from high intensity weather events
  • Invest in Climate-Ready Infrastructure
    • Assess the vulnerability of Maine’s infrastructure
    • Provide technical assistance and seed funding to unlock federal funding for infrastructure projects
    • Give particular to Maine’s working waterfronts and seaports
  • Protect Maine’s Environment and Natural Resource Economies and Promote Natural Climate Solutions
    • Protect Maine’s natural and working lands and waters
    • Support Maine’s natural resource economies
    • Increase carbon sequestration
    • Improve monitoring to understand and manage the response to climate change