On September 14, 2007, Governor Sarah Palin signed Administrative Order 238, which established the Alaska Climate Change Sub-Cabinet and tasked it with preparing Alaska’s Climate Change Strategy.  A warming climate is having serious and broad-scale impacts in Alaska, including flooding of villages; increasingly strong coastal storms, eroding the beaches of coastal villages; subsidence from thawing of permafrost; and a record number of forest fires threatening communities, property, and air quality.  The comprehensive Alaska Climate Change Strategy describes the actual and foreseeable effects of climate warming in Alaska, recommends appropriate measures and policies to prepare communities for responding to them, and provides guidance regarding Alaska’s participation in regional and national responses to climate change.

CCS Initiatives in Alaska:

• Alaska Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Forecast

• Alaska Climate Change Action Plan