Climate Change Action Plan For The Chicago Region Is Unveiled

By Steve Bynum
Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region
In July 2021, the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are to launch the 2021 'Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region', one of the first regional climate plans in the United States. This plan results from nearly two years of work involving 175 organizations, 270 stakeholders, and drawn from more than 50 local and international sustainability and climate plans. Metropolitan Mayors Caucus / Facebook
Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region
In July 2021, the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are to launch the 2021 'Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region', one of the first regional climate plans in the United States. This plan results from nearly two years of work involving 175 organizations, 270 stakeholders, and drawn from more than 50 local and international sustainability and climate plans. Metropolitan Mayors Caucus / Facebook

Climate Change Action Plan For The Chicago Region Is Unveiled

By Steve Bynum
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Hundreds of people and dozens of communities just built a first-ever, collaborative playbook to fight climate change in the Chicago region.

Reset talks with Chicago and suburban officials on how and why cross-community partnerships are critical in the face of environmental distress.

GUESTS: Kevin Burns, mayor of Geneva, Illinois; Environment Committee chairman, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus (MMC)

Angela Tovar, city of Chicago’s chief sustainability officer

Chloe Gurin-Sands, manager of health equity and planning at Metropolitan Planning Council