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United States’ Climate Action Plan 2015

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Proposal creation

CoLab members create proposals

May 1, 2015 08:00 EDT - Jul 19, 2015 12:00 EDT
1st review
CoLab members create proposals

Jul 19, 2015 12:00 EDT - Aug 11, 2015 12:00 EDT
Proposal creation

CoLab members create proposals

Aug 11, 2015 12:00 EDT - Sep 1, 2015 12:00 EDT
Finalist selection
Expert judges select finalists

Sep 1, 2015 12:00 EDT - Sep 17, 2015 12:00 EDT
Voting period
Public Voting Period

Sep 17, 2015 12:00 EDT - Sep 27, 2015 12:00 EDT
Completed
Winners are awarded

Sep 27, 2015 12:00 EDT
What should be the United States’ plan to address climate change?

This contest seeks broad, coherent visions for what the United States should do about climate change. Authors are asked to include strategies for all sectors of the United States' economy that generate emissions (energy supply, transportation, industry, buildings, and all others), as well as for how the region can adapt to changes caused by climate change. For each sector, you can combine your own and other people’s proposals from other Climate CoLab contests (both current and past). You can also work with the Impact Assessment Fellows to estimate the overall reduction in greenhouse gas emissions that would result from the combination of actions you propose.  Plans will be evaluated on how well they bring together different proposals to articulate a comprehensive and feasible plan for how the United States can effectively address climate change.

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10 Proposals
Feb 23, 2016
Team only
Sep 20, 2015
Anyone
Unify the America: Urban Vertical Farming, Restorative Ecology, Holistic Practice, Reduce Emissions/Pollution, and Biocentric Reform
Sep 1, 2015
Team only
This plan turns the notion of freedom into a force to solve climate change.
Aug 31, 2015
Team only
Aug 31, 2015
Team only
Aug 29, 2015
Team only
Achieving RCP 2.6 is critical! A massive increase in production of biomass, biofuel and biochar can be achieved both at sea and on land.
Jul 18, 2015
Team only
Atmospheric CO2 sequestration in soil via increased corn, soybean, wheat root ball mass with natural, renewable, petroleum free, abiotic EPS
Jul 5, 2015
Team only
Atmospheric CO2 sequestration in soil via increased corn, soybean, wheat root ball mass with natural, renewable, petroleum free, abiotic EPS
Jul 1, 2015
Team only
How the United States can help stabilize the climate and lead the world to a clean energy future.
May 13, 2015
Team only