§ 24-38.8-103 — Development of statewide climate preparedness roadmap

Colorado § 24-38.8-103

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 24: Government
• Art.: Statewide Climate Preparedness Roadmap

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(1)
No later than December 1, 2023, the office shall prepare and publish and, every
three years thereafter, update a long-term, statewide climate preparedness
strategic plan and roadmap. The roadmap must integrate and include information
from all existing state plans that address climate mitigation, adaptation, resiliency,
and recovery, including new or updated plans completed after the initial publication
of the roadmap. The roadmap must build upon this previous body of work, seek to
align existing plans, and identify any gaps in policy, planning, or resources. The
roadmap serves to update any outdated assumptions, demographic information,
and statewide goals in existing plans with the most recent and available
information. The roadmap must identify strategies for how the state will grow in
population and continue to develop in a manner that:

(a) Is in alignment with state greenhouse gas reduction goals and
greenhouse gas roadmap and climate mitigation strategies, particularly in the
natural and working lands, land use development, water quality and quantity, and
transportation sectors of the state;

(b) Adapts to a warming climate, particularly utilizing ecosystem-based
adaptation strategies and best available science, to ensure the long-term health of
the state's lands, people, waters, wildlife, native biodiversity, and natural systems;
increase the resilience of Colorado's species, habitats, ecosystems, and natural
infrastructure to the effects of climate change; and inform the development of
statewide conservation goals, in ongoing coordination with the division of parks and
wildlife in the department of natural resources created in section 33-9-104 (1), the
department of natural resources created in section 24-33-101 (1), and the
department of agriculture created in section 35-1-103;

(c) Maximizes the use of resiliency principles for the state's built
environment to strengthen the state's infrastructure and minimize the impacts of
natural disasters on communities in coordination with the department of public
safety created in section 24-33.5-103, the department of local affairs created in
section 24-1-125, and the Colorado resiliency office created in section 24-32-122;
and

(d) Actively takes into account that disproportionately impacted
communities, as defined in section 24-4-109 (2)(b)(II), are particularly vulnerable to
the impacts of climate change and identifies opportunities for projects, policies,
and strategies to protect the state's most vulnerable residents with the goal of
attaining a more equitable future.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2022: Entire article added, (SB 22-206), ch. 173, p. 1155, � 4, effective May 17. L. 2025: IP(1) amended, (SB 25-275), ch. 377, p. 2065, � 161, effective August 6.