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Draft Ithaca climate action plan shifts to sector approach, commissioners press for implementation structure
Summary
Commissioners reviewed the draft Climate Action Plan’s sector-based structure (housing, labor, public health, etc.), debated visual metrics and timelines, and discussed establishing an implementation body to ensure city departments and the city manager follow through. Common Council also unanimously reaffirmed the Ithaca Green New Deal.
Commission staff presented a draft Climate Action Plan that organizes recommendations by social and functional sectors — housing, labor, public health, emergency response and electric reliability — rather than by emission source, and outlined how the plan will be structured for public release.
Rebecca, staff member, described the document’s organization and stated the commission’s near-term schedule: a full draft will be presented to the commission in July, it must be introduced to Common Council in October and the council vote is expected in November. She said the plan will include a baseline assessment that uses the 2019 greenhouse-gas inventory as the primary apples-to-apples comparison.
Key stated goals cited in the meeting are: a communitywide…
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