Learn how DEP Blue Acres helps New Jersey residents and communities identify and avoid risks of flooding through strategic climate resilience planning.

New Jersey is expanding the development of clean energy technologies such as solar photovoltaic (PV), alternate fuel vehicles, bioenergy, wind energy, and other technologies to shift the State’s reliance on fossil fuel-sourced energy.

Research focused on New Jersey and the Northeast region are vital to understanding the statewide impacts of climate change. Studies and information detailing the scientific understanding of the effects and impacts of climate change that are relevant to the State.

New Jersey’s history of electric generation has vastly changed from utilization of nuclear power to a shift towards natural gas and continues forward with the build out of renewable energy generation. This page provides electric generation historical data and projections of renewable energy data in the state.

Flood risk across the state is growing because of climate change. Areas that have never flooded before may see significant flooding now or in the future. Use this collection of online tools and resources to help you better understand, visualize, and reduce the risk.

Climate indicators like major changes in temperature, precipitation, extreme weather events, and sea level rise across the US and world provide multiple, independent lines of evidence that climate change is caused by increasing concentrations of GHGs in the atmosphere.

This web app is designed to be a source for all things related to extreme heat in New Jersey. Visitors will find key information on extreme heat and the impact it will have on people, communities, and the environment as well as live weather alerts, surveys, and quizzes.

Learn who the Interagency Council on Climate Resilience is and why they were established.

The Natural Climate Solutions Grant program will fund on-the-ground implementation of projects that create, restore, and enhance New Jersey’s natural carbon sinks utilizing RGGI funds.

New Jersey’s natural and working lands (NWLs) are vital to providing habitat for wildlife, contributing to the health and resilience of communities, and strengthening our economy. New Jersey is developing a Natural and Working Lands Strategy to mitigate the effects of climate change through the protection, restoration, and strategic management of the state’s NWLs.

In 2020, New Jersey began a regulatory reform effort which represents New Jersey’s Protection Against Climate Threats (NJ PACT) to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions while making our natural and built environments more resilient to the impacts of climate change that are now unavoidable.

RGGI is a multi-state, market-based program that establishes a regional cap on CO₂ emissions and requires fossil fuel power plants with a capacity greater than 25 megawatts (MW) to obtain an allowance for each ton of CO₂ emitted annually.

Over the coming years, the New Jersey Interagency Council on Climate Resilience (Interagency Council) will release a series of topic-specific Resilience Action Plans that outline how state agencies will incorporate climate resilience into their policies, programs, and regulations to address critical climate threats to New Jersey.

Risk communication increases the awareness and understanding of the risk of coastal flooding through a Know Your Tides social media campaign and community-based art installations, as well as providing materials and training that will help improve communication efforts.

Risk communication increases the awareness and understanding of the risk of coastal flooding through a Know Your Tides social media campaign and community-based art installations, as well as providing materials and training that will help improve communication efforts.

Get information about the impacts of sea-level rise and actions New Jersey can take to plan, mitigate, and adapt.

Learn about a set of best practices for stormwater infrastructure operations and maintenance, asset management and stormwater maintenance jobs training. The toolkit will serve as a resource for other New Jersey counties, regions and for jurisdictions nationwide.

Learn about the policy initiatives New Jersey is developing to support the electrification of the transportation sector to meet State’s 2030 and 2050 GHG emissions reductions goals.