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Commerce outlines climate-resiliency requirements, online policy tool and grant timeline
Summary
Department of Commerce staff told a Senate local government committee about the 2023 climate planning law’s resilience and greenhouse-gas subelements, recommended UW Climate Impacts Group mapping, introduced a Climate Policy Explorer of empirically supported measures, and described a $24M grant pot with about $5M remaining and a 2029 Puget Sound deadline.
Department of Commerce officials told the Washington State Senate Local Government Committee that the climate planning law passed in 2023 requires two subelements in local plans: a resilience subelement that applies to all jurisdictions and a greenhouse gas–reduction subelement that applies mainly to larger metropolitan counties. Dave Anderson, senior managing director for growth management at Commerce, said the resilience element must address natural hazards, identify and protect natural areas, and use scientifically credible climate projections to guide policy and project choices.
Michael Burnham, the climate policy program manager and principal author of Commerce’s resiliency guidance, said jurisdictions should use the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group’s Resilient Washington tool as the primary…
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