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Climate Action Stakeholder Process

The Denver Climate Action Task Force made recommendations to strengthen Denver’s work to address climate change equitably in the following critical areas: Buildings, Transportation, Electricity Generation, Industrial Energy Use, Consumption Emissions and Resiliency/Climate Adaptation.

The task force did this work by engaging experts, interested stakeholders, and a wide range of community members in the process. The task force:

Engaged Denver’s communities in defining goals, gaps, solutions, and investment opportunities.
Reviewed goals, current work, and gaps
Recommended policies and solutions needed to meet the goals equitably
Recommended investment opportunities

The science of climate change is changing quickly. While the task force’s work aims to bring Denver into line with the latest science, the City will frequently evolve goals, plans and policies to keep pace in the future.

The task force completed their work in June 2020 and developed a recommendations report. For additional details on all aspects of the Climate Action Stakeholder Process see the drop-downs below.

Task Force Charge

The Denver Climate Action Task Force will develop make recommendations to strengthen Denver’s work to address climate change equitably in the following critical areas:

Buildings
Transportation
100% Renewable Electricity
Industrial Energy Use
Consumption Emissions
Resiliency/Adaptation

The task force will do their work by engaging experts, interested stakeholders, and a wide range of community members in the process.

The task force will:

Engage Denver’s communities in defining goals, gaps, solutions, and investment opportunities.

Engage networks of each member to inform and support their work.
Support the City in developing and implementing a broader community engagement strategy that informs their work.

Review goals, current work, and gaps

Review and update the City’s goals in the 80x50 Climate Action plan to align with the latest climate science.
Review current climate work by the Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency so that the task force outcomes build upon this strong foundation.
Review the gaps between current work and what is necessary to achieve the goals equitably and to begin work on climate resiliency.

Recommend the policies and solutions needed to meet the goals equitably

Define where policies and requirements are necessary to close the gap to achieving scientifically informed goals.
Develop a set of high-level solutions and strategies (e.g. marketing, training, incentives) that the City must implement to support our community and enable the passage of equitable policies.

Recommend investment opportunities

Determine the level of funding that is needed to implement the proposed policies and solutions.
Select one or more revenue sources to fill any agreed upon funding gap.

The science of climate change is changing quickly. While the task force’s work will aim to bring Denver into line with the latest science, the City will frequently evolve goals, plans and policies to keep pace in the future.

The task force will complete their work by May of 2020.

Task Force Meetings

All meetings were open to public observers. Due to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns some meetings took place virtually. Virtual meetings were streamed on Facebook Live. Meeting agendas, notes, and recordings are available below.

Thursday, January 16 from 8:30am - 12:30pm

Location: The Commons on Champa, 1245 Champa St.

Agenda(PDF, 153KB) (PDF) | Minutes(PDF, 108KB) (PDF)

Thursday, January 30 from 1:30-4:30pm

Location: Denver Elections Building - Grand Mesa Room, 200 W. 14th Ave

Agenda(PDF, 242KB) (PDF) | Resources(PDF, 3MB) (PDF)

Thursday, February 6 from 1:30-4:30pm

Location: Wellington Webb Building - 1.B.6, 201 W. Colfax Ave.

Agenda (PDF) | Minutes(PDF, 163KB) (PDF)

Thursday. February 20 from 8:00-11:00am

Location: Denver Regional Council of Governments, Board Room, 1001 17th St.

Agenda(PDF, 244KB) (PDF) | Minutes(PDF, 612KB) (PDF)

Thursday, March 5 from 1:30-4:30pm

Community College of Denver, Confluence Building Assembly Rooms, 800 Curtis St.

Agenda(PDF, 244KB) (PDF) | Meeting in a Box Round 1 Analysis Summary(PDF, 1MB) (PDF)

Thursday, March 12 from 9:30-11:00am