Environmental justice is key to Chicago’s 2022 Climate Action Plan

The city’s plan is getting its first update in 14 years. Leaders want to address inequities exacerbated by our changing climate.

Environmental justice is key to Chicago’s 2022 Climate Action Plan
Kyra Woods is a climate policy advisor to Mayor Lightfoot and is part of drafting Chicago's 2022 Climate Action Plan. Walter Mitchell / City of Chicago
Environmental justice is key to Chicago’s 2022 Climate Action Plan
Kyra Woods is a climate policy advisor to Mayor Lightfoot and is part of drafting Chicago's 2022 Climate Action Plan. Walter Mitchell / City of Chicago

Environmental justice is key to Chicago’s 2022 Climate Action Plan

The city’s plan is getting its first update in 14 years. Leaders want to address inequities exacerbated by our changing climate.

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The city’s climate plan hasn’t been updated since 2008, and city leaders are working to bring an environmental justice lens to the city’s 2022 Climate Action Plan. The plan is being drafted, with a full release expected this spring, and there are still ways to weigh in with your thoughts.

Reset checks in with a climate policy adviser to Mayor Lightfoot.

GUEST: Kyra Woods, mayoral climate policy adviser