In 2012 the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters initiated a project to examine Wisconsin’s climate and energy future. The result of this project was Climate Forward: A New Road Map for Wisconsin’s Climate and Energy
Future. Published in 2014, Climate Forward provided an assessment of where we were three years ago along with a practical vision for how to build on Wisconsin values and our citizens’ creativity and imagination to shape a future that is healthy for our environment and our economy.
The Climate Forward: 2017 Update summarizes progress since the Climate Forward report was
issued in 2014. Many notable developments concerning climate and energy have unfolded during the past three years in Wisconsin, and this update acknowledges progress, flags where our state is falling behind neighboring states, and highlights emerging opportunities