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Climate Change Resilience Strategy

As directed by Executive Order No. 89 ^(pdf), New Jersey’s first statewide Climate Change Resilience Strategy was released on October 12, 2021. The Climate Change Resilience Strategy includes recommendations to promote the long-term mitigation, adaptation, and resilience of New Jersey’s economy, communities, infrastructure, and natural resources throughout the State.

2021 New Jersey Climate Change Resilience Strategy

New Jersey’s first Statewide Climate Change Resilience Strategy provides a suite of forward-looking policy options to promote the long-term resilience of New Jersey to climate change. As a framework for policy, regulatory, and operational changes, the Resilience Strategy presents actions that New Jersey’s Executive Branch can take to support the resilience of the state’s communities, economy, and infrastructure. The Resilience Strategy includes 125 recommended actions across six priority areas.

Climate Change Resilience Strategy at-a-glance

Final 2021 New Jersey Climate Change Resilience Strategy