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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Air Emissions Inventory (Permitted Facilities)

Minnesota § 216H.021 directs the Commissioner (of Commerce, in coordination with other agencies) to establish rules for mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas emissions. The statute requires setting a reporting threshold consistent with effectively tracking progress toward the state’s emissions reduction goals. It authorizes the Commissioner to prescribe the types of data entities must report, procedures, and timing. The rulemaking must ensure the program gives policymakers and the public reliable emissions data to evaluate Minnesota’s climate progress.

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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High Global Warming Potential Greenhouse Gas Reporting (Manufacturers & Purchasers)

Minnesota § 216H.11 requires manufacturers and large purchasers of high-GWP greenhouse gases (such as hydrofluorocarbons and other potent greenhouse gases) to report annually to the state. By October 1 each year, manufacturers must disclose the total quantity of each high-GWP gas sold to purchasers in Minnesota in the prior year. Purchasers who buy 10,000 metric tons CO₂e or more of high-GWP gases for use or retail sale must also report their purchases and the intended use of those gases.