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Norwalk task force unveils Clear Path dashboard, seeks volunteers to populate emissions roadmap
Summary
Task force coordinator demonstrated a public Clear Path dashboard that will track Norwalk’s greenhouse‑gas inventory and interventions toward a net‑zero‑by‑2050 goal, asked members to review final chapters and help populate the platform, and said the mayor has funded the coordinator through December to support implementation.
Jody, the task force coordinator leading the Norwalk Sustainability and Resilience Task Force, asked members to review final chapter narratives and accompanying tracking spreadsheets that map recommendations to timelines, lead entities and budgets and to send corrections by email or in‑document comments. “So our primary task so far has been to work on doing this update of the sustainability and resilience report which we are coming close to ending,” she said, asking members to check narratives and tracking sheets so recommendations can be entered into the implementation platform.
At a live demonstration, the coordinator showed Clear Path, a public‑facing dashboard intended to present the city’s emissions inventory, a business‑as‑usual projection and a target pathway to net‑zero by 2050. She explained the dashboard breaks emissions down by sector and will list each recommended intervention so residents and staff can see how specific actions move the city toward the green line showing the target. “With our signing on to the global covenant of mayors, we are aiming for net zero emissions by 2050,” she said, adding that current data merges still require some backend work before recommendations are fully reflected.
The coordinator emphasized the work needed to transcribe chapter recommendations into Clear Path and invited volunteers to help populate the platform: “If there's anyone who's interested in helping with this, please send me an email and let me know.” She noted that populating the platform is time‑intensive because each action requires baseline data, emissions factors and assumptions to produce reliable estimates.
On administration and transparency, the coordinator said staff (including Brandon Williams, director of policy and sustainability) are working to integrate the task force into city systems and to post meetings and recordings on the city agenda page and YouTube channel to increase public access. She also said the plan is intended to be attached to the city’s Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD) so staff have authority to act on recommendations should the plan receive the necessary approvals.
Finally, she told the task force that the mayor has funded her position through December, allowing continued coordination into the initial implementation phase. The group set a next meeting for July 16 and members were asked to prioritize chapter reviews and community partner mapping ahead of that date.
