Minnesota’s plan to tackle climate change

All Minnesotans are feeling the impacts of climate change. Warmer winters. Fewer days of safe ice on our lakes. Poor air quality that keeps us inside in the summer. Stronger storms that disrupt our daily lives. Minnesota must take bold action to protect our way of life. Now is our time to lead.

In 2026, Minnesota updated the Climate Action Framework, our plan to reduce climate pollution and prepare our communities for climate change. The 2026 framework builds on the state’s original climate plan, published in 2022, which laid the foundation for more than 40 climate laws and programs and over $1 billion of state climate funding that the Legislature passed in 2023.

Click on the links below to explore the 2026 Climate Action Framework and supplementary documents.

2026 Climate Action Framework

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Framework goals at a glance

Open the framework to learn more about Minnesota’s goals for climate action. 

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Goal 1: Clean transportation 

Connect and serve all people through a safe, equitable, and sustainable transportation system.

  • Travel options
  • Clean and efficient vehicles
  • Resilient and low-carbon infrastructure and system management
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Goal 2: Climate-smart natural and working lands

Manage landscapes to absorb and store more carbon, reduce emissions, and sustain healthy and resilient lands and waters.

  • Carbon sequestration and storage in forested lands, grasslands, and wetlands
  • Resilient landscapes and ecosystems
  • Healthy farmland
  • Sustainable landscapes and water management
  • Enhanced investments in emerging crops, products, and local economies
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Goal 3: Resilient communities

Ensure all communities are prepared for, can respond to, and can recover from present and future climate impacts, including extreme weather.

  • Climate-smart communities
  • Healthy community green spaces and water resources
  • Resilient infrastructure
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Goal 4: Clean energy

Implement Minnesota’s 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 law and set a course for long-term, sustainable use of clean energy in the state.

  • Enhanced grid and resilient grid infrastructure
  • Clean energy sources
  • Dispatchable clean energy and storage
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Goal 5: Healthy lives and communities 

Protect health and advance equity in a changing climate.

  • Cooler, safer communities
  • Protection from poor air quality
  • Safe water
  • Community care
  • Climate-smart public health
  • Advance equity, resilience, and justice
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Goal 6: Clean economy 

Build a thriving carbon-neutral economy that produces goods and services with environmental benefits and equitably provides family-sustaining job opportunities.

  • Clean, sustainable, and resilient industrial businesses
  • Clean fuel and clean technology innovation
  • Strong circular economy
  • Resilient and equitable clean economy workforce
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Goal 7: Efficient and resilient buildings 

Build and maintain healthy, comfortable, safe, efficient, and resilient buildings and homes that cost less to operate, pollute very little, and support grid stability.

  • Decarbonized residential and commercial buildings
  • Resilient residential and commercial buildings
  • Reuse of buildings and building materials

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