Climate Change Advisory Committee (CCAC)

The CCAC serves as the advisory committee mandated under the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act (Act 70 of 2008) to provide advice to the Department regarding the implementation of the provisions of Act 70.

The CCAC is comprised of 18 appointed members and 3 ex officio members. Appointed members are representatives from the scientific, business and industry, transportation, environmental, social, outdoor and sporting, labor and other affiliated communities. Ex officio members are the Secretary of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, the Secretary of Community and Economic Development and the Chair of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or their designees.

Liaison (Lindsay Byron, email: lbyron@pa.gov, phone: (717) 772-8951) 

• Membership (PDF)
• Bylaws (PDF)
• 2023 Meeting Schedule (PDF)
• 2024 Meeting Schedule (PDF)

Meeting Information and Materials

December 19, 2023

In-person (Room 105 Rachel Carson State Office Building) and virtual (Microsoft Teams)

• Agenda (PDF)
• Draft Minutes from the October 24, 2023 Meeting (PDF)
• December 19, 2023 Meeting Slides (PDF)
• Microsoft Teams link

October 24, 2023

In-person (Room 105 Rachel Carson State Office Building) and virtual (Microsoft Teams)

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes from the August 22, 2023 Meeting (PDF)
• October 24, 2023 Meeting Slides (PDF)
• DEP Office of Environmental Justice Presentation (PDF)
• Microsoft Teams link
• Document – August CCAC Feedback Summary
• Presentation – ICF: Climate Impacts Assessment and Climate Action Plan Update
• Presentation – Carlisle Borough: Local Climate Action

August 22, 2023

In-person (Delaware Room of the Rachel Carson State Office Building) and virtual (Microsoft Teams)

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes from the April 25, 2022 Meeting (PDF)
• August 22, 2023 Meeting Slides (PDF)
• Draft Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Report (PDF)
• Presentation – ICF: Climate Impacts Assessment and Climate Action Plan Update (PDF)

Microsoft Teams link

June 27, 2023 - Canceled

April 25, 2023

In-person (16th Floor Delaware Room Rachel Carson State Office Building) and virtual (Microsoft Teams)

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes from the February 21, 2023 Meeting (PDF)
• April 25 Meeting Slides (PDF)
• Presentation – IIJA and IRA Funding: Clean Energy and Climate Focused Programs (PDF)
• Phoenixville HTC Presentation (PDF)
• New Jersey Global Warming Response Act Report (PDF)
• Maryland’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reductions (PDF)

Microsoft Teams link

February 21, 2023

In-person (Room 105 Rachel Carson State Office Building) and virtual (Microsoft Teams)

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes from the December 13, 2022 Meeting (PDF)
• February 21, 2023 Meeting Slides (PDF)
• Presentation – Climate Action for Environmental Justice Communities (PDF)
• Draft 2024 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment and Climate Action Plan Scopes of Work (PDF)
• Centre Region Climate Action Presentation (PDF)
  

Microsoft Teams link

December 13, 2022

In-person (Room 105 Rachel Carson State Office Building) and virtual (Microsoft Teams)

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes from the October 25, 2022 Meeting (PDF)
• December 13, 2022 Meeting Slides (PDF)
• Presentation – Post-Construction Stormwater Management (PSCM) Manual (PDF)
• Sharpsburg Borough Presentation (PDF)
• Department of Energy Presentation (PDF)
• PEMA Presentation (PDF)

Microsoft Teams link

October 25, 2022

• Agenda (PDF)
• FINAL Minutes from the August 23, 2022 Meeting (PDF)
• October 25, 2022 Meeting Slides (PDF)
• Presentation – PA Hydrogen Road Map (PDF)
• Presentation – Rick Bohan, Portland Cement Association (PDF)
• Presentation – Dr. Jim Freihaut, Emerging Roles of CHP-Anchored Distributed Energy (PDF)

August 23, 2022

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes from the June 23, 2022 Meeting (PDF)
• August 23, 2022 Meeting Slides (PDF)
• Draft 2022 Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report (2019 Data Year)
• Marilyn Kray Presentation (PDF)
• Melissa Lott Presentation (PDF)

June 23, 2022

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes from the April 14, 2022 Meeting (PDF)
• June 23, 2022 Meeting Slides (PDF)
• Easton Local Climate Action Plan Presentation (PDF)
• Energy Solutions Presentation (PDF)
• UGI Presentation (PDF)
• Vincent Martinez Presentation (PDF)

April 14, 2022

• Agenda (PDF)
• Final Minutes from the February 22, 2022 Meeting (PDF)
• April 14, 2022 Meeting Slides (PDF)
• Presentation – Pennsylvania DEP’s Environmental Justice Policy (PDF)
• Presentation – Trees for People, City of Lancaster (PDF)
  
• Presentation – Forests and Carbon, DCNR (PDF)
  
• Presentation – Climate and PA Agriculture, PA Dept. of Ag. (PDF)
  

February 22, 2022

• Agenda (PDF)
• Minutes from the December 14, 2021 Meeting (PDF)
• February 22, 2022 Meeting Slides (PDF)
• Presentation – Clean Energy Investment Opportunities in PA (PDF)
• PennDot/DEP Presentation on Clean Transportation (PDF)
• Presentation From Tim Evans on Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled (PDF)

Pennsylvania Climate Change Reports

Climate Change Action Plan

The Pennsylvania Climate Change Act (Act 70 of 2008) requires DEP to prepare and update every three years the Climate Change Action Plan in consultation with the CCAC.

The Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan 2021 (PDF) Update is now available to the public.

• Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan 2018 (PDF)
• Energy Assessment Report (PDF)
• 2015 Climate Change Action Plan Update (PDF)
• 2013 Climate Change Action Plan Update (PDF)
• 2013 Climate Change Action Plan Update Appendix (PDF)
• 2009 Pennsylvania Climate Change Action Plan (PDF)

Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment

The Pennsylvania Climate Change Act (Act 70 of 2008) requires DEP to update every three years a report on the anticipated impacts of climate change to Pennsylvania.

• 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update (PDF)
• 2020 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update (PDF)
• 2015 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update (PDF)
• 2013 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment Update (PDF)
• 2009 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment (PDF)

Other Climate Change Resources:

• Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Inventory – 2021 (PDF)
• Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Inventory – 2020 (PDF)
• Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Inventory – 2019 (PDF)
• Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Inventory – 2018 (PDF)
• Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Inventory – 2017 (PDF)
• Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Inventory - 2016 (PDF)
• Please visit DEP's Climate Change website for more information.
• Pennsylvania's Wildlife Action Plan can be viewed at either the Game Commission or Fish & Boat Commission's websites.

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