Colorado Climate Preparedness Roadmap
Colorado is already experiencing the impacts of climate change. These trends have been described for decades by the world’s foremost climate experts, many of whom call Colorado home. They have long described the realities we now see unfolding in real time. In both large and small ways, Coloradans are being affected by extreme heat and warming temperatures, wildfires, drought, flooding, and combinations of these events. These hazards have very real impacts on natural systems, the built environment, economic sectors, and people and communities, especially those communities that face higher vulnerabilities and disproportionate impacts.
The Climate Preparedness Roadmap places a focus on climate adaptation — the state’s near-term actions to reduce risks and prepare for the future impacts of climate change. At the same time, Colorado continues to be a national leader in reducing Greenhouse Gas pollution as detailed in the State’s second Greenhouse Gas Pollution Reduction Roadmap, focusing on reducing the pollution that causes climate change through the deployment of clean technologies across all sectors of Colorado’s economy. While these efforts are coordinated and designed to be complimentary, they maintain distinct areas of focus, analysis and outcomes.
