The Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP)

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From the moment the 44th President of the United States takes office, the American people and the world community will watch closely for indications of how our new leader addresses Global Climate Change. The Presidential Climate Action Project has developed a bold, comprehensive and non-partisan plan for presidential leadership rooted in climate science and designed to ignite innovation at every level of the American economy. Learn More

For a quick overview of the PCAP, Download the Brochure.

The first version of the Presidential Climate Action Plan is now available.
Read it here.

Supporting Materials



::	The State of the Climate
::	Who's Who in Climate Action
::	What Past Presidents Have Said
::	Climate Action Briefs
::	A Brief Chronology of Climate Science and Presidential Leadership
::	The Wingspread Principles on the US Response to Global Warming
::	PCAP Advisory Committee
::	Contact the Candidates
::	Project Sponsors

idea icon Finally! Someone has come up with a very substantial, broad-based, forward-looking study that suggests, in very concrete terms, what the U.S. (and the world, for that matter) can do about climate change. This Presidential Climate Action Project...is the finest systems approach to climate change that we have seen. The principles are highly adaptable to corporations and countries other than the U.S. Simply a wonderful, timely, and much needed piece of work. – John Petersen, President, The Arlington Institute

5/9/08
Recharging America's Economy: Clean Energy Investments, Global Warming Solutions, and a Prosperous Economy A new, four-page guide from the National Wildlife Federation on the economic opportunity from solving global warming.

5/7/08
World Publics Say Oil Needs to Be Replaced as Energy Source: Most Think Price Will Go Much Higher. A new WorldPublicOpinion.org poll finds that majorities in 15 of 16 nations surveyed around the world think that oil is running out and governments should make a major effort to find new sources of energy. Most think that future oil prices will be much higher. Read the full report »

5/6/08
2008-2009 State of the Wild, A Global Portrait of Wildlife, Wildlands, and Oceans
Jim Hansen of NASA outlines the impacts of climate change on wildlife. (Wildlife Conservation Society, published by Island Press)

Join the Discussion

The Presidential Climate Action Project welcomes feedback and invites discussion of climate action options for the next President of the United States. Click on the banner below to participate:

"And we don't have time to waste."
The mood for Earth Day 2008 is a far cry from those heady times 38 years ago when 20 million Americans took to the streets to demonstrate support for environmental action. Back then, it was inconceivable to imagine a time when the threat of global climate change would loom ominously and polls would show the issue barely breaking into the top 10 of voters' election-year concerns. Where we go from here is anybody's guess. It's also John Petersen's business.
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Al Gore: New Thinking on the Climate Crisis
Al Gore's brand-new slideshow presents evidence that the pace of climate change may be even worse than scientists were recently predicting.

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Chair Ray Anderson
Founder and Chairman of the Board - Interface Inc.

D. James Baker
Former Administrator National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Scott Bernstein
President - Center for Neighborhood Technology

April Bucksbaum
Vice President - The Baum Foundation

Brian Castelli
Executive Vice President - Alliance to Save Energy

Dianne Dillon-Ridgley
Chair - Plains Justice

Boyd Gibbons
Immediate Past President - Johnson Foundation

Gary Hart
U.S. Senator (Ret.) - Wirth Chair, University of Colorado Denver

Sheila Slocum Hollis
Partner
Duane Morris LLP

Van Jones
Board President & Co-Founder
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

William C. Kunkler III
Executive Vice President - CC Industries, Inc.

Hunter Lovins
President - Natural Capitalism Solutions, Inc.

Michael Northrop
Program Director, Sustainable Development
Rockefeller Brothers Fund

David Orr
Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics
Oberlin College

John L. Petersen
President - The Arlington Institute

Theodore Roosevelt IV
Chair - Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Larry Schweiger
President and CEO - National Wildlife Federation

James Gustave "Gus" Speth
Dean of the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University

Jeremy Symons
Director - Global Warming Campaign National Wildlife Federation

Terry Tamminen
Cullman Senior Fellow and Climate Policy Director
New America Foundation

Admiral Richard H. Truly (U.S. Navy Ret.)
Former Administrator, NASA
Former Director, NREL

Heidi VanGenderen
Senior Policy Advisor
Colorado Governor's Office

The Presidential Climate Action Project is an initiative of the University of Colorado School of Public Affairs. Its objective is to provide presidential candidates and the President-elect with background information and educational materials on global warming, including a broad menu of diverse policy and program options for national leadership. The project does not advocate on behalf of specific climate policies, programs, spending or other actions by the President or the Federal government.

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