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Cleveland Heights committee advances Climate Forward plan aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050
Summary
The Municipal Services and Environmental Sustainability Committee heard a presentation on the Climate Forward plan, a community-driven action and resilience strategy that sets a goal of a 30% emissions reduction by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050 and outlines implementation steps, monitoring and community engagement.
The Municipal Services and Environmental Sustainability Committee of the City of Cleveland Heights on Wednesday heard a presentation on the Climate Forward plan from Andy Buaten, the city’s sustainability and resiliency coordinator, who called the effort “a journey of a thousand miles” that begins with small steps.
The plan is a community-driven, living document that sets a communitywide target of a 30% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050 and lays out sector-by-sector strategies and an implementation roadmap. Buaten told the committee the city completed two greenhouse gas inventories (one for city operations and one for community activities) and identified buildings/energy, transportation and…
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