In the Media

Jonathan Overpeck, the Samuel A. Graham Dean and William B. Stapp Collegiate Professor of Environmental Education at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), has been reappointed to the Council on Climate Solutions by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for a term commencing August 20, 2025, and expiring February 3, 2029. 

SEAS alumna Kerry Duggan (MS '06), the founder and chief executive officer of Energy Security Partners and the founding director of the SEAS Sustainability Clinic, also has been reappointed for the same term.

The Council on Climate Solutions was created by Governor Whitmer's Executive Order 2020-182 as an advisory body in the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). 

The Council on Climate Solutions will act in an advisory capacity to the governor and the department's Office of Climate and Energy in formulating and overseeing the implementation of the MI Healthy Climate Plan, which will serve as the action plan for this state to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and transition toward economywide carbon neutrality.