Alliance members are working to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius by reducing emissions, accelerating action, centering equity, and tracking progress. 

Explore Delaware's policies and actions across the Alliance's 10 key policy areas. Numbers presented below only reflect the number of policies in this database and thus may not reflect all climate policies pursued.

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GHG Targets + Governance

Just Transition + Equity

Industry

Pricing Carbon + Valuing Damages

Electricity Generation

Transportation

Resilience

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Climate Finance

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Delaware’s Climate Action Plan

Delaware’s Climate Action Plan, which is the result of a year-long process involving residents, businesses and technical experts, is a roadmap for how the state can prepare for climate change in the decades ahead.

Delaware’s Climate Action Plan will guide state efforts to:

- Minimize greenhouse gas emissions, which drive the climate change we see today, and
- Maximize resilience to climate change impacts.

Implementing the strategies in this plan will help Delaware meet its greenhouse gas emissions goals and better prepare for climate change impacts. Taking these actions can also build economic opportunities and improve public health.

Per the Climate Action Plan, the state will reduce vehicle miles traveled by 10%
by 2030.

2030 VMT Reduction Target

The State shall implement greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies to ensure that, no later than January 1, 2030, Statewide greenhouse gas emissions on a net basis shall be reduced by not less than 50% from a 2005 Baseline.  The State shall implement greenhouse gas emissions reduction strategies to ensure that, no later than January 1, 2050, greenhouse gas emissions in the State shall be stabilized at or below net zero emissions and shall not exceed that level thereafter.

2030, 2050 GHG Emissions Reduction Targets

HB 10: An Act Relating to the Delaware Electric School Bus Program

It is the goal of the State of Delaware that 30% of school buses purchased by the State shall be electric vehicles in FY 2030.

HB 99: Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023

The Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act of 2023 follows the issuance of Delaware’s Climate Action Plan in 2021, and establishes a statutory target of greenhouse gas emissions reductions over the medium and long term to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change due to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions on the State. The Act establishes a process of regular updates to the Climate Action Plan to serve as the framework to achieve the targeted emissions reductions and develop resilience strategies for the State, creates Climate Change Officers in certain Key Cabinet-Level Departments who will assist DNREC in the ongoing implementation of the Climate Action Plan, requires State agencies to consider climate change in decision-making, rulemaking, and procurement, and requires an Implementation Report every 2 years on the progress of the State towards meeting the statutory targets.

SS1 for SB 103: An Act Relating to Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure for Residential Dwellings

Requires that newly constructed single-family and multi-family residential dwellings include certain electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Provides county and municipal government enforcement of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure requirements of this Act.