The City of Newton is undertaking the creation of a Climate Action Plan (CAP), which will detail efforts the City can undertake to decrease greenhouse gas emissions by increasing energy efficiency and “greening” our power sources. Public input will be received throughout a lengthy community engagement process by means of an online questionnaire, workshops, and public hearings. The questionnaire for Community Ideas is available until November 16, 2018 at HERE.
Around 70 residents turned out to make the city’s Kick-off Discussion for Newton’s Climate Action Plan great! All the materials from the workshop and a photo gallery with snapshots from the event are available below.
Materials from October 23 Kick-off Roundtable Discussion:
- Presentation from October 23rd Roundtable Discussion
- Analysis of Other Cities’ Climate Plans – Handout from 10/23 Discussion
- Newton GHG Emission Pie Chart – Handout from 10/23 Discussion
- Photo Gallery
Newton-Specific Documents
- Metro Mayors Coalition – Commitment to Climate Mitigation Planning
- 2013 Newton Greenhouse Gas Emissions Baseline Chart
- 2013 Total Newton Greenhouse Gas Footprint
- Trends in Newton Energy 2015-2016
- DRAFT Table of Contents for the Climate Action Plan (developed by MAPC)
Documents Prepared by Climate Action Plan Intern
Articles of Note
- Redrawing the Map: How the World’s Climate Zones are Shifting
- Why Embodied Carbon in Materials Matters
- Racial Equity is Key to Cleveland’s Comeback – Like Its Famous River, the City’s Resilience is a Work in Progress
- The Urgency of Embodied Carbon and What You Can Do About It
- Consumption-based Greenhouse Gas Emissions of C40 Cities
Reference/Research Documents from Other Areas
- Community Energy Vision – Action Plan for Massachusetts (developed by Acadia Center)
- Boston
- Canton
- Cambridge
- Cleveland
- Somerville
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