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Staff preview new "Dignity toward Decarbonization" climate plan and public outreach approach
Summary
City staff outlined a re-framed climate action plan titled "Dignity toward Decarbonization," emphasizing human-centered, systems-based strategies spanning housing, public health, labor, energy reliability and emergency response, and announced phased public feedback and a visual prioritization tool.
City staff presented an updated approach to Ithaca's climate action planning on Sept. 10, saying the new framing—"Dignity toward Decarbonization"—will center human needs, equity and systems-based strategies across housing, public health, labor, power reliability and emergency response.
"We're trying to create policies that ultimately and programs that are ultimately relatable that are really human centered in the human experience," Rebecca (staff leading the climate work) told council. Staff said the new approach reframes…
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