Why is Fort Collins Interested in Climate Protection?

In choosing to embrace climate protection, Fort Collins has adopted the "No Regrets" approach already adopted by localities and corporations around the world. This approach that entails making economically sound choices to curb greenhouse gas emissions, while providing multiple benefits to the community and support for existing community goals.

Fort Collins Climate Task Force

The 2007 Fort Collins Climate Task Force is charged with updating Fort Collins Local Action Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions to describe the steps that the Fort Collins community could take to meet the existing 2010 greenhouse gas emissions target. More ...

• NEW - CTF Recommendations - June 2008 (PDF 1.3MB)

Fort Collins Joins the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign

In 1997, by passing Resolution 97-97, Fort Collins joined over 300 municipalities (now over 400) around the world in the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign , recognizing that "local government actions taken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase energy efficiency provide multiple local benefits by decreasing air pollution, creating jobs, reducing energy expenditures, and saving money for the City government, its businesses and its citizens;" ...more>>

Fort Collins Joins Rocky Mountain Climate Organization

Colorado is special. Colorado also is changing.
Less snow. Less water. More drought. More wildfire.
Let's keep Colorado such a great place to live, work, and play.

The City of Fort Collins is one of seven initial partners in the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization, a broad coalition of mainstream interests formed in June 2004 to spread the word about what climate change can do to us here and what we can do about it.

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