Governor's Task Force on Global Warming
Reports & Documents

This page contains official documents produced by the Task Force. Included here are:

• Task Force Reports
• Task Force Memos
• Policy Templates

Task Force Reports

1. Final Report of the Governor's Task Force on Global Warming, July, 2008
• Wisconsin's Strategy for Reducing Global Warming [PDF 3.7MB]
• Highlights of the Final Report [PDF 34KB]
2. Interim Report of the Governor's Task Force on Global Warming, February, 2008
   A Wisconsin Strategy for Reducing Global Warming [PDF 4.8MB]
3. Reports Prepared by Winrock International for the Forestry and Agriculture Work Group
• Forest Carbon Baseline for Wisconsin [PDF 4.4MB]
• Comparison of MMR Protocols [PDF 183KB]
• Terrestrial Carbon Sequestration in Wisconsin: Quantities and Costs [PDF 2.7MB]
4. Ad-hoc Low Income Work Group Final Report [PDF 215KB]
   Delivered to the full Task Force at the January 25th meeting
5. Wisconsin Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections [PDF 276KB]
   Prepared for the DNR and the Task Force by World Resources Institute, June 2007
6. Modeling Inputs and Assumptions for Reference and Policy Cases [PDF 590KB]
   ICF International, July 14, 2008
   Note: please see the Modeling Page for all other modeling related documentation.

Task Force Memos

1. August 16, 2007 Memo from Technical Advisory Group to Task Force Co-Chairs [PDF 19KB] - This document represents the Technical Advisory Group's recommendation of ICF International as modeling consultant for the Task Force.
2. August 13, 2007 Memo from Task Force Co-Chairs to the Task Force at-large [PDF 26KB] - This document updates Task Force members on recent Public Forums, the Septermeber Task Force meeting, as well as Technical Advisory and other Work Group activity.
3. August 8, 2007 Memo from Technical Advisory Group to Task Force Co-Chairs [PDF 22KB] - This document represents the Technical Advisory Group's evaluation of the World Resources Institute's Wisconsin 2003 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory.
4. July 25, 2007 Memo from Task Force Co-Chairs to new Work Group Members [PDF 245KB] - This document establishes ground rules and defines the assignment for Work Groups. Includes attached memo from Conservation and Energy Efficiency Co-Chairs suggesting a 'general process' for Work Groups in developing policy recommendations.
5. July 16, 2007 Memo from Task Force Co-Chairs to the Technical Advisory Group [PDF 17KB] - This document establishes objectives for the Technical Advisory Group.

Policy Templates

This section contains all the Policy Templates that are included in the Task Force's Final Report, as well as archived, draft versions of those templates.

Background on the creation of the policy templates has been summarized [PDF 24KB]. Public comment submitted on Draft Policy Templates can be found on this Public Comment Page.

Policies in the Final Report

Policy Templates included in the Task Force Final Report are presented below. The file has been excerpted directly from the Final Report.

• Policies in Final Report [PDF 1.7MB]
  Note: Though this is a large file, individual policies can be easily located and accessed directly by utilizing the 'Bookmarks' tab on the left side of the page.

• Overarching Policy Templates [PDF 130KB]
• Conservation and Energy Efficiency Work Group Templates [PDF 1.9MB]
• Transporation Work Group Templates [PDF 1.3MB]
• Carbon Tax/Cap and Trade Work Group Templates [PDF 1.1MB]
• Electric Generation and Supply Work Group Templates [PDF 685KB]
• Forestry and Agriculture Work Group Templates [PDF 1.4MB]
• Industry Work Group Templates [PDF 460KB]
• Ad-hoc Work Groups Templates [PDF 2.4MB]