Vermont Climate Action Plan

This initial Climate Action Plan includes 26 pathways for action. 

The Vermont Climate Action Plan aims to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, help protect Vermont communities and landscapes from the greatest risks of climate change, and create new clean energy industry and jobs.

More specifically, the Climate Action Plan includes strategies to:

1. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation, building, regulated utility, industrial, commercial, and agricultural sectors;
2. Encourage smart growth and related strategies;
3. Achieve long-term sequestration and storage of carbon and promote best management practices to achieve climate mitigation, adaption, and resilience on natural working lands;
4. Achieve net zero emissions by 2050 across all sectors;
5. Reduce energy burdens for rural and marginalized communities;
6. Limit the use of chemicals, substances, or products that contribute to climate change; and
7. Build and encourage climate adaptation and resilience of Vermont communities and natural systems.

Adopts the Advanced Clean Cars II rule to require 100% zero-emission vehicle sales by model year 2035 and reduces emissions from non-ZEV vehicles sold through model year 2034.

Advanced Clean Cars II

The State will establish goals to ensure that a minimum of 25% of new light-duty state fleet purchases and leases, for applicable uses, will be ZEVs by 2025.

Vermont ZEV State Fleet Target

The Advanced Clean Trucks rule requires manufacturers to sell increasing percentages of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty trucks through model year 2035.

Vermont Climate Action Plan

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