New! The Maine Won't Wait Annual Report is now available.
The Maine Climate Council has released its 2025 Annual Report for Maine Won't Wait. The Report highlights progress the state has made on climate action over the past fiscal year (July 2024-June 2025), including:
- 30% below 1990 greenhouse gas emissions levels
- 91% of the way to carbon neutrality
- 20,346 electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road
- 22.5% of Maine's land conserved
- and 243 communities enrolled in the Community Resilience Partnership
Read the Report here to explore the state's climate action progress and meet the communities, people, and businesses working to cut emissions, strengthen resilience, and power our clean energy future.
New Resource: Maine's Climate Action Plan: A Guide
The Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future has released a new, easy-to-read guide to Maine Won't Wait, the state's plan to tackle climate change.
Maine's Climate Action Plan: A Guide is an abridged version of Maine's climate action plan that uses plain language, visuals, and stories to make climate strategies clear and accessible, making it perfect for students, educators, and anyone interested in how Maine is building a more resilient future.
Click here to read Maine's Climate Action Plan: A Guide and see how you can be a part of the statewide action to fight climate change.
To assist educators in teaching A Guide to Maine's Climate Action Plan in their classrooms, we've also created a collection of educator resources, including customizable lesson plans and student assessments. These resources are free to use and can be found here.
Maine Won’t Wait is Maine's four-year climate plan packed with actionable strategies and goals to emit less carbon, produce energy from renewable sources and protect our natural resources, communities and people from the effects of climate change.
