[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1305″ img_size=”full”][vc_raw_html]JTNDZGl2JTIwY2xhc3MlM0QlMjJjYXJvdXNlbC1jYXB0aW9uJTIwZC1tZC1ibG9jayUyMGQtc20tYmxvY2slMjIlM0UlMEElMjAlMjAlMjAlMjAlMjAlM0NoMSUzRVJFUE9SVFMlM0MlMkZoMSUzRSUwQSUzQyUyRmRpdiUzRQ==[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][breadcrumb-shortcode][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”NJDEP Reports” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%2300669b” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”4689″ img_size=”medium” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”New Jersey’s Comprehensive Climate Action Plan” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]The Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) is an all-encompassing strategy outlining a holistic framework for how the state will reduce greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors to achieve its 2050 goal of an 80 percent reduction. This document serves as an update and refinement to the Global Warming Response Act Report, released in 2020.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read the Full Plan” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_background=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-solid fa-file-pdf” css=”” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fclimatechange%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F50%2Fnew-jerseys-comprehensive-climate-action-plan.pdf|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#e7e6e6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”4766″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://deptest.nj.gov/climatechange/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/nj-scientific-report-2025.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”2025 New Jersey Scientific Report on Climate Change” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]DEP has an updated 2025 scientific report on climate change that summarizes the current state of knowledge regarding the effects of climate change on New Jersey’s environment. The purpose of this report is to inform state and local decision-makers, as well as the citizens they support, as they seek to understand and respond to climate change. This report identifies and presents the best available science and existing data regarding the current and anticipated environmental effects of climate change in our state. This new report updates the 2020 Scientific Report on Climate Change and incorporates the 2022 Climate Change Impacts on Human Health and Communities: Addendum to the Scientific Report on Climate Change as well as several recent New Jersey specific studies, the latest reports from federal and international sources.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read the Full Report” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_background=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-solid fa-file-pdf” css=”” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fclimatechange%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F50%2Fnj-scientific-report-2025.pdf|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#e7e6e6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”4843″ img_size=”medium” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”New Jersey’s Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms: Report of the 2025 Science and Technical Advisory Panel” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]The Science and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) was charged with identifying and evaluating the most current science on sea-level rise projections and changing coastal storms in New Jersey, considering the implications for the practices and policies of local and regional stakeholders, and providing practical options for stakeholders to incorporate sea-level rise science into risk-based decision processes. Additional resources from the NJ Climate Change Resource Center can be found here: https://njclimateresourcecenter.rutgers.edu/resources/nj-sea-level-rise-reports/[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read the Full Report” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_background=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-solid fa-file-pdf” css=”” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fnjclimateresourcecenter.rutgers.edu%2Fresources%2Fnj-sea-level-rise-reports%2F|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#e7e6e6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”3429″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://deptest.nj.gov/climatechange/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/docs/final2_lbe-inventory-report_edited_clean-1.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”Leading By Example: Emissions Inventory Report” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection recognizes the critical leadership role it plays in combating climate change and advancing clean energy. Achieving the State’s ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals requires a whole-of-government approach, including decarbonizing the operations of state government itself. The Leading by Example: Emissions Inventory Report develops a baseline inventory of the Department’s buildings and vehicle stock, while also identifying opportunities to implement energy efficiency and climate mitigation projects.

[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read the Full Report” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_background=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-file-pdf” css=”” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fclimatechange%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F50%2Fdocs%2Ffinal2_lbe-inventory-report_edited_clean-1.pdf|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#e7e6e6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”2421″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://deptest.nj.gov/climatechange/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/nj_pcap_final-1.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”New Jersey’s Priority Climate Action Plan” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) is a report that includes a list of highly focused short-term, implementation-ready measures to support New Jersey’s participation in the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) Program. The State has analyzed and prioritized these measures to help it achieve its goal of a 50 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. The PCAP includes twelve priority measures and dozens of enabling actions for those measures, grouped into the following six priority areas: transportation, buildings, electric generation, food waste, halogenated gases, and natural and working lands. The PCAP builds upon the greenhouse gas mitigation and sequestration actions already underway in the state, expanding upon those priorities to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels and to a more sustainable future with reduced climate change impacts.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read the Full Report” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_background=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-file-pdf” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fclimatechange%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F50%2Fnj_pcap_final-1.pdf|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#e7e6e6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1307″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”http://https://deptest.nj.gov/climatechange/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/nj-gwra-80×50-report-2020.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”New Jersey’s Global Warming Response Act (GWRA) 80×50 Report” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]The GWRA 80×50 Report  was written in response to the mandate in the Global Warming Response Act, to reduce New Jersey’s greenhouse gas emissions by 80% from their 2006 levels by 2050. This report builds on the State’s previous efforts to address and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and serves as the third element of a comprehensive plan that evaluates New Jersey’s greenhouse gas emissions from both energy and non-energy systems, providing guidance, policies, and regulatory and legislative recommendations to meet the State’s GHG emission reduction goals.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read the Full Report” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_background=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-file-pdf” add_icon=”true” link=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fhttps%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fclimatechange%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F50%2Fnj-gwra-80×50-report-2020.pdf|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#e7e6e6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1308″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://deptest.nj.gov/climatechange/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/docs/nj-climate-resilience-strategy-2021.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”New Jersey’s Climate Change Resilience Strategy” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]

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

[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read the Full Report” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_background=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-file-pdf” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fclimatechange%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F50%2Fdocs%2Fnj-climate-resilience-strategy-2021.pdf|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#e7e6e6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”1601″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” link=”https://www.nj.gov/dep/bcrp/resilientnj/docs/dep-guidance-on-sea-level-rise-2021.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”Sea-Level Rise Guidance for New Jersey” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]As identified in the New Jersey Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms: Report of the Science and Technical Advisory Panel and the New Jersey Scientific Report on Climate Change , sea-levels are increasing at a greater rate in New Jersey than other parts of the world. To address this challenge, New Jersey has developed Sea-Level Rise Guidance for New Jersey to assist local decision makers plan for and adapt to sea-level rise.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read the Full Report” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_background=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” i_icon_fontawesome=”fas fa-file-pdf” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nj.gov%2Fdep%2Fbcrp%2Fresilientnj%2Fdocs%2Fdep-guidance-on-sea-level-rise-2021.pdf|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”custom” accent_color=”#e7e6e6″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_placement=”middle”][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_single_image image=”4381″ img_size=”medium” onclick=”custom_link” img_link_target=”_blank” css=”” link=”https://deptest.nj.gov/climatechange/wp-content/uploads/sites/50/2025-statewide-flood-resilience-initiatives-report.pdf”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_custom_heading text=”New Jersey Statewide Flood Resilience Initiatives report” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text css=””]The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection recognizes the importance of flood resilience and the impact flooding has on the lives of New Jerseyans. With six priority areas focusing to build resilient and healthy communities, strengthen the state’s ecosystems, promote coordinated governance, invest in public understanding, promote climate-informed investments and the coastal resilience plan. The New Jersey Statewide Flood Resilience Initiatives report  highlights both ongoing programs and individual projects led by state agencies aimed at reducing flood risk.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Read the Full Report” style=”outline-custom” outline_custom_color=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_background=”#00669b” outline_custom_hover_text=”#ffffff” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-solid fa-file-pdf” css=”” add_icon=”true” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdeptest.nj.gov%2Fclimatechange%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F50%2F2025-statewide-flood-resilience-initiatives-report.pdf|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row]