Section 24-38.8-103 - Development of statewide climate preparedness roadmap(1) No later than December 1, 2023, the office shall prepare and publish and, every three years thereafter, update a long-term, statewide climate preparedness strategic plan and roadmap, referred to in this article 38.8 as the "roadmap". The roadmap must integrate and include information from all existing state plans that address climate mitigation, adaptation, resiliency, and recovery, including new or updated plans completed after the initial publication of the roadmap. The roadmap must build upon this previous body of work, seek to align existing plans, and identify any gaps in policy, planning, or resources. The roadmap serves to update any outdated assumptions, demographic information, and statewide goals in existing plans with the most recent and available information. The roadmap must identify strategies for how the state will grow in population and continue to develop in a manner that:(a) Is in alignment with state greenhouse gas reduction goals and greenhouse gas roadmap and climate mitigation strategies, particularly in the natural and working lands, land use development, water quality and quantity, and transportation sectors of the state;(b) Adapts to a warming climate, particularly utilizing ecosystem-based adaptation strategies and best available science, to ensure the long-term health of the state's lands, people, waters, wildlife, native biodiversity, and natural systems; increase the resilience of Colorado's species, habitats, ecosystems, and natural infrastructure to the effects of climate change; and inform the development of statewide conservation goals, in ongoing coordination with the division of parks and wildlife in the department of natural resources created in section 33-9-104(1), the department of natural resources created in section 24-33-101(1), and the department of agriculture created in section 35-1-103;(c) Maximizes the use of resiliency principles for the state's built environment to strengthen the state's infrastructure and minimize the impacts of natural disasters on communities in coordination with the department of public safety created in section 24-33.5-103, the department of local affairs created in section 24-1-125, and the Colorado resiliency office created in section 24-32-122; and(d) Actively takes into account that disproportionately impacted communities, as defined in section 24-4-109(2)(b)(II), are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and identifies opportunities for projects, policies, and strategies to protect the state's most vulnerable residents with the goal of attaining a more equitable future.Added by 2022 Ch. 173,§4, eff. 5/17/2022.