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Governor’s Task Force on Climate Change

On October 17, 2019 Gov. Tony Evers, along with Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes signed Executive Order #52, establishing the Governor's Task Force on Climate Change at the Urban Ecology Center's Riverside Park location in Milwaukee.​ The Task Force on Climate Change will advise and assist the governor in developing a strategy to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change for the benefit of all Wisconsin communities. Members of the task force will work closely with the Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy. In the executive order, Gov. Evers stated climate c​hange is a grave threat to the health, safety, and economic well-being of people and communities throughout ​Wisconsin. Gov. Evers has appointed Lt. Gov. Barnes to serve as chairman of the task force, who noted communities of color and low-income communities experience the first and worst consequences of climate change.

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