Climate Action Leadership Committee
On March 30, 2009, Mayor Thomas M. Menino named the Boston Climate Action Leadership Committee, a 22-member group representing a broad spectrum of the community, charged with charting Boston's collective response to climate change. Mayor Menino asked the Leadership Committee within one year to:
- Review the City's existing Climate Action Plan
- Set goals for community-wide reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
- Recommend actions necessary to meet climate action goals
- Evaluate the risks to Boston from sea-level rise and other consequences of climate change, and recommend actions to reduce these risks
- Prepare materials to motivate and assist Boston residents and businesses taking climate actions
- Identify opportunities for expanding the green economy and green jobs in Boston
The Leadership Committee will meet six times in the coming year, and will be supported by a Technical Advisory Panel and a Community Advisory Committee.
The Boston Climate Action Leadership Committee is supported by grants from the Barr Foundation
and The Boston Foundation
, with facilitation, coordination, and consulting support from Raab Associates, Ltd
, Interaction Institute for Social Change
, and CLF Ventures
.
