Climate Action Plans and Reports

• Draft Climate Action Plan (PDF)
• Draft Climate Plan Appendices A - E (PDF)
• Draft Climate Action Plan - Printer Friendly (PDF)

• Summary of Public Comments By Theme (PDF)
• Individual Public Comments

• Recommendations Overview (PDF)
• Consolidated List of All Recommendations (PDF)

Buildings

• Buildings Workgroup Documents and Meeting Notes
• Building Workgroup Member Bios (PDF)
• Buildings Workgroup Spreadsheet (EXCEL)

Clean Energy

• Clean Energy Workgroup Documents and Meeting Notes
• Clean Energy Workgroup Member Bios (PDF)
• Introduction for the Clean Energy Working Group Recommendations (PDF)
• Final Clean Energy Recommendations (PDF)

Climate Adaptation and Sequestration

• Climate Adaptation and Sequestration Workgroup Documents and Meeting Notes
• Climate Adaptation and Sequestration Workgroup Member Bios (PDF)
• Final Adaptation Report (PDF)
• Adaptation Bibliography (PDF)
• Adaptation Presentation (PDF)
• Adaptation Recommendations (EXCEL)
• Sequestration Goals, Recommendations, and Actions (PDF)
• Recommendations of the Montgomery County Technical Group on Sequestration (PDF)
• Appendix A – Sequestration Resources (PDF)
• Appendix B – Agricultural & Soils (PDF)
• Appendix C – Forests & Wetlands (PDF)
• Appendix D – Urban/Suburban Food Waste & Land Use (PDF)
• Appendix E – Poster for Sequestration (PDF)

Climate Cross Group

• Climate Cross Workgroup Meeting Notes

Public Engagement and Education

• Public Engagement and Education Workgroup Documents and Meeting Notes
• Public Engagement and Education Workgroup Member Bios (PDF)
• Empowering and Engaging Youth through Education – Recommendations (EXCEL)
• Empowering and Engaging Youth – Climate Change Educational Resources (PDF)
• Empowering and Engaging Youth through Ed – Introductory Text (PDF)
• Final Recs Evidence-based Communications and Behavior Change (PDF)
• Evidence Based Communications – Introductory Text (PDF)
• Evidence-Based Communications Subgroup Presentation FINAL (PDF)
• Final Recs Continuous Improvement Institutionalization & Accountability (EXCEL)
• Intro Text Continuous Improvement Institutionalization and Accountability (PDF)
• Racial Equity Final Recommendations (EXCEL)
• Racial Equity Full Summary (PDF)
• References – Racial Equity (PDF)
• Community Stakeholder List Racial Equity (EXCEL)

Transportation

• Transportation Technical Workgroup Documents and Meeting Notes
• Transportation Technical Workgroup Member Bios (PDF)
• Electric Vehicle & Alternative Fuel Subgroup Findings of Transport GHG Scenarios Analysis (PDF)
• Transportation Demand Management Vision for 2035 (PDF)
• Transportation Workgroup recommendations (EXCEL)
• C Version MoCo transport GHG scenarios (EXCEL)
• TDM-simplified (EXCEL)
• TDM Update for Transportation Workgroup (PDF)
• Evaluation Sub-Group Presentation to Transportation Workgroup (PDF)

• Climate Legislation - February 2022 (PDF)
• Electric Vehicle Group Buy Forum – January 2021 ( View recording on YouTube / Download the presentation (PDF))
• Request for Information - Electric Vehicle Group Buy Program for Montgomery County, Maryland – November 2020 - deadline extended to December 31, 2020!
• Project Plan for Climate Action and Resilience Plan (PDF) - Project plan and schedule for preparation of the Climate Action and Resilience Plan (CARP) being prepared by AECOM/Nspiregreen.
• FY21 Climate Work Plan (PDF) - Fiscal Year 2021 climate change planning and climate actions.
• NIST Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Physical Infrastructure Systems Playbook (PDF) – a summary of key actions that communities of any size can take to better position themselves to deal with potential hazards with a user-friendly, concise format
• Report: Examining the Role of Forests and Trees in Montgomery County’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory (PDF) (July 2020)
  • Montgomery County GHG Inventory including Forest Land and Trees (EXCEL) (2005 to 2015)
  • Workbook for calculating community-scale GHG inventory for Forest Land and Trees Outside Forests (EXCEL) (2001-2011)
  • Workbook for calculating community-scale GHG inventory for Forest Land and Trees Outside Forests (EXCEL) (2011-2016)
• MWCOG White Paper on EV Cooperative Purchasing Mechanisms – June 2020 (PDF)
• Mapping Analysis of County-sited Solar (2020) (PDF) - This analysis focuses on the theoretical area available for locating solar on typical locations. It does not incorporate limitations due to solar orientation, configuration of property parcels, roof condition, competing uses of the space, etc. As such, this analysis is a “theoretical ceiling” of the acreage is available for solar in the County.
• Climate Mobilization Workgroup Report (2018) (PDF) – Prepared in response to the Emergency Climate Mobilization Resolution (PDF) outlining over 100 prospective GHG reduction measures for consideration covering nine categories: 1) Distributed Renewable Energy, 2) Electric Vehicles, 3) Energy Efficient Buildings, 4) LED Lighting, 5) Public Transit and Transportation Demand Management, 6) Walkable and Bikeable Communities, 7) Waste Reduction, Reuse & Recycling, 8) Food and Farming and 9) Trees.
• Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (MWCOG) Multi-Sector Working Group GHG Emission Reducing Strategies and Final Technical Report  – This Working Group of transportation, land use planning, and energy/environmental professionals from COG’s member jurisdictions developed viable, implementable local, regional, and state actions in the Energy, Transportation, Land Use, and the Built Environment sectors.

• FY24 Climate Change Budget Chapter
• Climate Change NDA Report (PDF)