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Welcome to the CEES Climate Action Database, a project in support of the Presidential Climate Action Project. To learn more about this project, read the CEES-PCAP Overview [PDF 0.5MB] or visit CEES-PCAP. Support for this project was provided by the Wirth Chair at the University of Colorado in Denver.

The CEES Climate Action Database (CAD) contains policy proposals directed at the issue of climate change.

Primary document types contained in CAD include:

  1. Proposed Federal Legislation. Federal Legislative proposals (i.e., bills actually introduced) for climate stabilization and related energy security and national security actions to be undertaken by the U.S. President, executive administrative entities, or the U.S Congress.
  2. Proposals. Non-legislative proposals for climate stabilization and related energy security and national security actions to be undertaken by the U.S. President, executive administrative entities, or the U.S Congress.
  3. Impact Analyses. Documents that seek to ascertain the environmental, fiscal and/or carbon impacts of proposed actions.
  4. California and the RGGI. With respect to California, CAD contains select documents potentially applicable to the federal context. Additionally, CAD contains documents related to RGGI to that may be applicable the federal context.

Excluded from CAD proposals are documents that: (1) are older than two years old (defined here as generated prior to January 1, 2005), with certain exceptions; (2) are directed at international activities or policies, unless such activities or policies are to be implemented by the President or executive administrative entities; (3) are directed at a U.S. state other than California, or a regional collaboration other than RGGI; (4) that deal with management of the federal transportation fleet or federal buildings.

CAD is not, at present, a living database—meaning that it is not intended to offer an up-to-the moment repository for U.S. federal climate proposals. The material contained in CAD is generally current through February 2007.

Questions or comments regarding CAD are welcome. Please direct them to eesi@colorado.edu.

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