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Massachusetts seeks public input on draft climate resilience metrics to track state progress
Summary
The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs invited public and stakeholder input on a draft set of about 30 climate resilience metrics intended to measure state actions and outcomes; a small subset will appear in the annual climate report card later this year.
Katharine Ann Thompson, undersecretary for decarbonization and resilience at the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, told attendees the state is developing climate resilience metrics "for Massachusetts" to measure where the state is "ahead" and where it is "falling behind" and to help prioritize programs and spending.
The virtual meeting, described by organizers as the second and final public session for this phase, reviewed the project’s purpose, the categories of proposed indicators, and a plan to narrow a long list of possibilities to roughly 30 implementable metrics across eight sectors. Jackie Willworth of Industrial Economics, the consultant supporting the state, told participants metrics serve multiple purposes — communication, planning, accountability and learning —…
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