REPORT: CEE Strategic Plan Summary 2024-2028

Summary

CEE’s home state of Minnesota is closing out its warmest winter in state history. Per capita greenhouse gas emissions in the Midwest are 20% higher than the national average (National Climate Assessment), and tens of millions of American households live in energy poverty, reportedly cutting back on food or medicine at times to pay their energy utility bills (U.S. Census).

Despite our climate reality and pervasive economic disparities, there is still good news to build on — federal funding through the Inflation Reduction Act will soon spur unprecedented investment in local efforts to equitably decarbonize. Communities throughout our region are increasingly planning with sustainability and inclusion at the center of their goals. And CEE is stronger and reaching further than ever to foster a healthy, carbon-neutral economy that works for all.

Against this dynamic backdrop of hope and urgency, we are pleased to announce CEE’s new strategic plan. CEE’s new strategic plan pointedly reflects multiple informed viewpoints but just one vision — with all work united behind our shared organizational mission and values, driven by CEE’s own organizational evolution and the changing world around us.