Date: , -

Meeting Type: Virtual Only

Meeting Agenda:

An Update on Funding and Finance to Advance the Goals of Maine Won’t Wait

Time 

Activity 

1:00 pm 

Welcome 

  • Maine Climate Council Co-Chairs 

1:20 pm  

 

Natural and working lands funding and finance presentation  

  • Amanda Beal, Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, Conservation, and Forestry; Co-Chair, Natural and Working Lands Working Group  

Q&A 

1:40 pm  

Clean energy funding and finance presentation 

  • Celina Cunningham, Acting Commissioner, Department of Energy Resources 

Q&A 

2:00 pm 

Updates from Efficiency Maine Trust   

  • Michael Stoddard, Executive Director, Efficiency Maine Trust  

Q&A 

2:20 pm 

Resilience funding and finance  

  • Brian Ambrette, Director, State Resilience Office, Maine Office of Community Affairs

  • Hilary Landfried, Deputy Director, Climate Planning and Community Partnerships, Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation and the Future 

  • Presentation by HR&A 

Q&A  

2:50 pm 

Reflection and wrap up 

  • Maine Climate Council Co-Chairs 

To request interpretation services (American Sign Language) or spoken language interpretation services (Somali, Arabic, French, Spanish, Chinese-Mandarin, Khmer, Russian, Vietnamese, Portuguese) for this meeting, or to request other accommodations, please email maineclimatecouncil@maine.gov

Contact name: Anna McGinn

Contact email: anna.mcginn@maine.gov

Meeting Materials: Maine Climate Council Agenda - September 2026 (140.51 KB)

Virtual Meeting Link: Register to observe here