The Utah roadmap: positive solutions on climate and air quality recommendations in brief

At the request of the Utah Legislature, the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute - with the assistance of a 37-person Technical Advisory Committee - prepared The Utah Roadmap to assist with legislative policymaking to improve air quality and address causes and impacts of a changing climate. The Utah Roadmap identifies areas of opportunity to further reduce air emissions and ensure a healthy, productive, and prosperous future for all Utahns. The Gardner Institute and Technical Advisory Committee reviewed past Utah-specific work on air quality and changing climate completed by Envision Utah and the 2007 Blue Ribbon Advisory Council. This previous analysis included over 200 policy options. After a six-month expert assessment, we prioritized 59 of these options as those with the greatest potential to impact Utah's air and changing climate. The Gardner Institute then selected seven strategies - or what we call mileposts - as the first areas of focus.