New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers Climate Change Action Plan 2001

The New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG-ECP) Climate Change Action Plan 2001 is a resolution adopted on August 28, 2001, by the New England Governors and the Eastern Canadian Premiers.

[1] Participating are the six states belonging to New England: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont; as well as the Eastern Canadian provinces: New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec.

It addresses that "global warming, given its harmful consequences to the environment and the economy, is a joint concern for which a regional approach to strategic action is required.

"[2] The Action Plan outlines nine major action items, designed to aid the participating states in meeting committed goals: The New England states later began participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation.

Canada's carbon tax has since been applied to all Canadian provinces and territories.