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 Minnesota'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

Transportation

Resilience

Natural + Working Lands

Climate Finance

Buildings

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Climate Action Framework

The State of Minnesota has developed a Climate Action Framework. This plan sets a vision for how our state will address and prepare for climate change. It identifies immediate, near-term actions we must take to achieve our long-term goal of a carbon-neutral, resilient, and equitable future for Minnesota.

Minnesota's Climate Action Framework identifies a priority action to support climate-smart natural and working lands by accelerating forest, grassland and wetland restoration to store more carbon in landscapes, and avoid conversion to other land uses that reduce carbon storage.

Accelerate forest, grassland, and wetland restoration

Minnesota’s Climate Action Framework established a goal to increase by 25% the amount of carbon sequestered and stored annually in natural and working lands, compared to 2014-2018 average levels by 2035.

Minnesota NWL Carbon Sequestration Goal

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SF 2540 - Omnibus transportation policy bill

The commissioner of transportation shall implement a complete streets
policy after consultation with stakeholders, state and regional agencies, local governments,
and road authorities. The commissioner, after such consultation, shall address relevant
protocols, guidance, standards, requirements, and training, and shall integrate related
principles of context-sensitive solutions.

Minnesota Statutes §174.75 requires the Minnesota DOT to implement a Complete Streets policy along with relevant protocols, guidance, standards, requirements, and training. The statute requires the policy to include:

- Integration of related principles of context-sensitive solutions;
- Integration throughout the project development process;
- Methods to evaluate inclusion of active transportation facilities in a project, which may include but are not limited to sidewalks, crosswalk markings, pedestrian accessibility, and bikeways; and
- Consideration of consultation with other road authorities regarding existing and planned active transportation network connections.

Complete Streets Policy

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Environmental Standards Procurement Task Force Legislative Report

This report summarizes the findings and recommendations of the Environmental Standards Procurement Task Force, also known as the ‘Buy Clean Task Force’ or ‘Task Force’, mandated by Minnesota Statute 16B.312 Subd. 5(g). The report makes recommendations for global warming potential (GWP) limit setting, material specific considerations, and implementation.

Minnesota Launches Energy Efficiency Workforce Training Program

From October 2025 to December 2025, the Minnesota Department of Commerce sought proposals from residential energy contractors for the Training for Residential Energy Contractors (TREC) grant program to increase the number of skilled residential energy contractors in Minnesota. The MN-TREC program contains two parts. Through the Tribal Set-Aside and Contractor Entrepreneurship Pilot, the state committed funds to deliver training to the 11 Federally Recognized Tribes in the state. The remainder of the DOE funds will support a Contractor Entrepreneurship Pilot (CEP) program to reduce the cost of training contractors and their employees, provide testing and certifications, upskill current workers, and partner to develop a workforce program that attracts and trains workers to deliver energy efficiency programs. 

[EMI PRACTICE] Climate Action Framework

Minnesota’s Climate Action Framework is the state’s plan to reduce climate pollution, also known as greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and prepare communities for climate change in ways that benefit all Minnesotans. The Climate Change Subcabinet released the 2026 Climate Action Framework to reflect new opportunities, the progress Minnesota has made, and the need for accelerated action.