The strategy will inform the state’s upcoming legislative session and provide guidance to the Governor and executive agencies on the steps they need to take to meet Rhode Island’s climate commitments. Photo: Tupungato via Shutterstock
December 18, 2025 (Providence, RI) – Rhode Island has just approved its 2025 Climate Action Strategy, which is intended to outline a plan for slashing carbon pollution as required by the state’s Act on Climate law. CLF released the following statement in response.
“The Climate Action Strategy details how far Rhode Island must go to slash climate-warming emissions, but most of its proposals are a continuation of business as usual. That is not enough,” said Darrèll Brown, CLF’s Vice President for Rhode Island. “We need a clear plan and commitment from our state agencies to real solutions that give Rhode Island a shot at success. Climate change isn’t waiting, so neither can we. I look forward to seeing how Governor McKee and the legislature create measurable and actionable next steps to implement the strategy in the new year.”
Now that Rhode Island’s Executive Climate Change Coordinating Council has approved the strategy, it will inform the state’s upcoming legislative session and provide guidance to the Governor and executive agencies on the steps they need to take to meet Rhode Island’s climate commitments.
CLF experts are available for comment.
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