Documents - CCAG

All documents prepared for the New Mexico Climate Change Advisory Group (CCAG) will be posted here, along with other documents of interest.  Members of the public may attend meetings of the CCAG at the location specificed by the NMED.

Climate Change Action Plan now available (PDF format)
Executive Summary (500 kB)
Final Report (1.6 MB) (includes Executive Summary; excludes Appendices)
Appendices (5.3 MB)

CCS, Memo to CCAG on proposed technical correction to Inventory and Projections (posted 11/20)

• CCAG Conference Call, Monday, November 27, 2006, 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
  The general public may listen to this conference call of the CCAG.
  Location: Petroleum Storage Tank Bureau Conference Room, 2044 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Click here for a map (Drive south of St. Michaels on Galisteo, and turn right into the driveway between 2044 and 2048,Air Quality Bureau.  The conference room is near the entrance at the east end of 2044.) 
  • Documents posted for call:
    • Notice and Agenda 
    • Draft Summary, CCAG Meeting #6 
    • CCAG comments on draft report, with CCS responses
      
      
• Meeting #6 of CCAG, Monday, October 30, 2006, 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. and
  Tuesday, October 31, 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
  Location: UNM Student Union Building, Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Click here for a map.
  The general public is welcome to attend this meeting of the CCAG.     
  • Documents posted for October 30 session:
    • Notice and Agenda    
    • Draft Summary, CCAG Meeting #5        
    • CCS, Powerpoint Presentation to CCAG 
    • CCS Memo to CCAG, Consideration of Draft Pending Policy Options for Final CCAG Approval  
    • Pending Policy Options by Sector 
      
      • Agriculture and Forestry (AF) Sector (summary table revised 10/25) 
      • Energy Supply (ES) Sector 
      • Residential, Commercial, and Industrial (RCI) Sector (summary table revised 10/25) 
      • Transportation and Land Use (TLU) Sector 
      • Cross-Cutting Issues (CC) (summary table revised 10/25)
        
  •  Documents posted for October 31 session:
    • Draft Chapters of CCAG Final Report 
      
      • Table of Contents   
      • Executive Summary (some text with annotated outline)
      • Chapter 1 - Background and Overview   
      • Chapter 2 - Inventory and Forecast   
      • Chapter 3 - Cross-Cutting Issues   
      • Chapter 4 - Residential, Commercial, and Industrial  
      • Chapter 5 - Energy Supply  
      • Chapter 6 - Transportation and Land Use  
      • Chapter 7 - Agriculture and Forestry

     

• Meeting #5 of CCAG, Tuesday, August 8, 2006, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  Location: Jemez Room, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, New Mexico.  Click here for a map.
  The general public is welcome to attend this meeting of the CCAG.   
  • Documents posted for meeting:
    • Notice and Agenda   
    • Draft Summary, CCAG Meeting #4    
    • CCS, Powerpoint Presentation to CCAG 
      • CCS, Powerpoint Presentation to CCAG (printer-friendly, 2 pages per slide)CCS Memo to CCAG, Consideration of Draft Pending Policy Options for CCAG Approval, 8/8/06 
    • Pending Policy Options by Sector 
      (these documents are also posted on each TWG page for the 8/7 conference calls) 
      • Agriculture and Forestry (AF) Sector 
      • Energy Supply (ES) Sector (updated 8/6/07) 
      • Residential, Commercial, and Industrial (RCI) Sector 
        • RCI Worksheet
      • Transportation and Land Use (TLU) Sector 
      • Cross-Cutting Issues (CC)
        
        
• Meeting #4 of CCAG, Wednesday, April 26, 2006, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
  Location: Multipurpose Room, Farmington Library, 2101 Farmington Ave., Farmington, New Mexico.
  The general public is welcome to attend this meeting of the CCAG. 
  • Documents posted for meeting:  
    • Notice and Agenda                                                                  
    • Draft Summary, CCAG Meeting #3                                                                  
    • CCS, Powerpoint Presentation to CCAG 
    • CCS, Draft Policy Options for Consideration
    • CCS, Policy Template (revised)
    • CCS, Contributing Issues Matrix
    • CCS, Standard Methods for Quantification of Draft GHG Mitigation Policy Options

• Meeting #3 of CCAG, Wednesday, January 11, 2006, 8:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.
  Location: Corbett Center Student Union, West Ballroom, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico.
  Click here for a map showing the location of the Corbett Center and a nearby parking garage.  Click here for a floor plan showing the West Ballroom on the 3rd floor.
  One of the agenda items will be an update from the Technical Working Groups. The general public is welcome to attend this meeting of the CCAG. 
  • Documents posted for meeting:  
    • Notice and Agenda   
    • Draft Summary, CCAG Meeting #2 (updated 1/8/06)  
    • Center for Climate Strategies, Powerpoint Presentation to CCAG  
    • List of Priorities for Analysis and Volunteers (All TWGs), with Example of Draft Policy Option   
    • CCS, Policy Template (MS Word document)  
    • Matrices of GHG Reduction Policy Options in Sectors
      • CCS, Matrix of GHG Reduction Policy Options in the Agriculture and Forestry (AF) Sector 
      • CCS, Matrix of GHG Reduction Policy Options in the Energy Supply (ES) Sector  
      • CCS, Matrix of GHG Reduction Policy Options in the Residential, Commercial, and Industrial (RCI) Sector 
      • CCS, Matrix of GHG Reduction Policy Options in the Transportation and Land Use (TLU) Sector 
      • Cross-Cutting Options
        • CCS, Matrix of GHG Reporting Design Options 
        • CCS, Matrix of GHG Registry Design Options     
    • Reference Materials
      • CCS, Follow Up Issues From Second CCAG Meeting  
      • CCS, Recent State Climate Change Action Plans  
      • Thomas Peterson, The Evolution of State Climate Change Policy in the United States: Lessons Learned and New Directions (1 MB)    
      • Gbadebo Oladosu and Adam Rose, Income Distribution Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Policy in the Susquehanna River Basin Economy, March 14, 2005   
      • Abt Associates, Is There a Relationship Between State Economic Performance and Carbon Emissions Economic Intensity? A Cross-State Econometric Study, January 28, 2005 (2 MB)
        • CCS, Summary of Key Findings in Abt Associates Study
      • Agency Technical Work Group, State of New Mexico, Potential Effects of Climate Change on New Mexico, December 30, 2005
        
        
• Meeting #2 of CCAG, Wednesday, October 19, 2005, 1:00 - 5:00 pm
  Location: Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, 2401 12th Street NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Center is one block North of I-40.  For a map and/or directions, enter that address into http://maps.google.com/.
  One of the agenda items will be an update from the Technical Working Groups. The general public is welcome to attend this meeting of the CCAG.
  In the evening, NMED will provide an update on Governor Richardson’s Climate Change Initiative from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the same location.  Following this, from 8:00 - 9:00 p.m., Dr. David Gutzler from the University of New Mexico will give a lecture titled “Climate Change: What’s in Store For New Mexico?"  Both of these evening presentations are open to the public. 
  • Notice and Agenda 
  • Documents posted for meeting:  
    • Summary, CCAG Meeting #1   
    • Center for Climate Strategies, Powerpoint Presentation to CCAG 
    • NMED, Summary of Public Comments on NM Climate Change Initiative 
    • Public Comment of Ella Wood (7th Grade)
      
      
• Meeting #1 of CCAG, Wednesday, July 27, 2005, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.   
  • Notice and Agenda                                                                                                              
  • Documents posted for meeting:
    • Opening Comments by Sec. Ron Curry (Talking Points)                                                                                                             
    • Center for Climate Strategies (CCS), Powerpoint Presentation to CCAG                                                                                                             
    • CCS, Description of the CCAG Process                                                                                                              
    • CCS, Draft CCAG Meeting Schedules and Agendas                                                                                                              
    • CCS, Draft New Mexico Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Reference Case Projections                                                                                                              
    • Dr. John Overpeck, Powerpoint Presentation on Climate Change Science