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 Wisconsin'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

Natural + Working Lands

Climate Finance

Buildings

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$10 Million in Energy Innovation Grants for 32 projects

In March 2023, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSC) Office of Energy Innovation (OEI) awarded nearly $10 million in funding from the Energy Innovation Grant Program (EIGP). The grants went to 32 energy-related projects to increase the deployment of renewable energy, microgrids, and energy storage, support energy efficiency and demand response, bolster preparedness and resiliency in the energy system, and facilitate comprehensive energy planning.

Executive Order 221: Relating to the Conservation and Restoration of Forestland in Wisconsin

The governor commits to working with public, private, and non-governmental partners to increase the state’s tree-planting goal to plant 100 million trees by December 31, 2030. With the increased pledge to 100 million new trees, the pledge is estimated to enable the state to store and exchange a total of 4.8 billion pounds of carbon dioxide per year in mature trees planted due to the state’s Trillion Trees Pledge alone.

The Green Innovation Fund and its partners will leverage public and private financing to invest in projects that provide environmental and clean energy solutions to businesses, reduce pollution, lower energy costs for families, help create jobs, and expand access to clean, affordable energy options. The Fund will be administered by WEDC in partnership with DOA to support the development and deployment of next-generation environmental and clean energy technologies and projects in Wisconsin.

Green Innovation Fund

Conserve 125,000 acres of forest land and plant 100,000,000 trees by the end of 2030. The pledge will enable the state to store and exchange a total of 4.8 billion pounds of carbon dioxide per year in mature trees planted due to the state’s Trillion Trees Pledge alone.

By 2030, the goals in Wisconsin are to:

- Conserve 125,000 acres of forestland
- Plant 99 million trees in rural areas
- Plant 1 million trees in urban areas

Wisconsin 1 trillion trees pledge

Wisconsin's Trillion Trees Pledge 2023 Annual Report

This report details the latest progress towards Wisconsin's Trillion Trees Pledge. According to the Wisconsin Trillion Trees Pledge 2023 Annual Report, more than 9.8 million trees were planted, and more than 3,000 acres of forestland were conserved in Wisconsin in 2023. Of the 9.8 million trees planted in 2023, the DNR supplied nearly 6.5 million of the seedlings planted, including more than 2.1 million that were planted on private lands, over 1.9 million that were planted on DNR, federal, Tribal, and other public lands, more than 99,000 that were planted in county forests, more than 31,000 that were planted in school forests, and over 37,000 that were given to elementary school students last Arbor Day.