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Recommendations

Strategy 1 Prioritize Equity, Fairness, and Justice


Journey to Justice tour November 19, 2021. Administrator Regan visits Houston, TX communities subjected to pollution and environmental injustice.

Recommendation 1.1

Invest in Vulnerable Communities

community-group-meeting

Recommendation 1.2

Build Capacity for Diversity

EPA scientists surveying aquatic life. 2009, OR. Credit USEPA

Recommendation 1.3

Research Together with Communities

Strategy 2 Engage and Educate


BLM Colorado Native Plant Materials Development Program

Recommendation 2.1

Empower Diverse Messengers

diverse-women-working-on-computer

Recommendation 2.2

Support Concrete Action

Recommendation 2.3

Combat Misinformation

October 7, 2011 High school students help with water monitoring and river cleanup

Recommendation 2.4

Expand Education

Strategy 3 Mobilize Investment


female-scientist-welding

Recommendation 3.1

Invest in Innovation

EPA-bus-tour

Recommendation 3.2

Replace Aging Infrastructure

Air Emissions and Pollutants - Northshore Mining Company

Recommendation 3.3

Retire Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

caterpillar_330_excavator

Recommendation 3.4

Streamline Permitting

SEC Headquarters

Recommendation 3.5

Ensure that Markets and Companies Understand Risk

Strategy 4 Deploy Strategic Mitigation


Recommendation 4.1

Enact Carbon Price

Recommendation 4.2

Reduce Emissions Through Trade

Recommendation 4.3

Control Pollutants Beyond CO2

Recommendation 4.4

Limit Agricultural Emissions

Recommendation 4.5

Adopt Nature-Based-Solutions

Strategy 5 Adapt Everywhere


Recommendation 5.1

Invest Equitably in Adaptation

Recommendation 5.2

Coordinate Federal Data

Recommendation 5.3

Empower Local Adaptation

Recommendation 5.4

End Counter-Productive Policies

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The Commission

A nonpartisan, multidisciplinary, multiyear project, the Commission on Accelerating Climate Action is one of the most diverse groups to address climate issues.

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The Report

The Commission's full report, Forging Climate Solutions: How to Accelerate Action Across America, calls for a coordinated, cross-sector effort to combat climate change.

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This work is made possible through the generous support of Roger Sant and Doris Matsui, William and Helen Pounds, Hansjörg Wyss, Bob Higgins, the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, the David and Ellen Lee Family Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and an endowment provided by John E. Bryson and Louise Henry Bryson.

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