Colorado Climate Project

The Rocky Mountain Climate Organization (RMCO) launched the Colorado Climate Project, to bring Coloradans together to reduce the state's contribution and vulnerability to a changed climate. Click here to read the Project's mission statement. The project followed the model established by several state governments, including those in Arizona, New Mexico, and Montana, but was the first such project undertaken as a private initiative.  Click here to learn more about the process the Project followed, including the role of the Climate Action Panel.

Project Directors

RMCO's project directors appointed the members of the Climate Action Panel, received its final report, and serve as key public spokespersons about the Colorado Climate Project and its recommendations. The project directors are:

• John Hickenlooper, mayor of Denver      
• Steve Burkholder, mayor of Lakewood      
• Doug Hutchinson, mayor of Fort Collins      
• Tom Long, Summit County Commissioner      
• Matt Baker, director of Environment Colorado      
• Tom Clark, executive vice president of the Metro Denver Economic Development Corporation      
• Former U.S. Senator Gary Hart, the Wirth Chair Professor at the University of Colorado-Denver      
• Gail Klapper, director of the Colorado Forum      
• Pat Vincent, president of the Public Service Company of Colorado (an Xcel Energy company).       
• Al Yates, former president of Colorado State University.

Project Sponsors

Principal sponsors: Denver Water, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Pat Stryker.

Sponsors: City of Aspen, BP America, and the Rockefeller Family Fund.