Climate Action Plan Committee (CAPC)

About the Climate Action Plan Committee

The Climate Action Plan Committee (CAPC) was established to guide the Town in developing a plan that meets or exceeds the State’s climate mitigation and resilience goals.  The Committee will make recommendations to the Select Board on approval of a Climate Action Plan (CAP), and may be asked to continue to serve as an advisory committee to oversee the implementation of the CAP. 

The Committee is charted with reviewing the Town’s climate-related data, establishing a program to create a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory for the entire Town of Needham, recommending long-term climate action goals that focus on reducing GHG emissions and building resilience within and across the Town’s residential, commercial, and municipal sectors, and recommending programs and policies to implement GHG reduction goals and climate resilience planning.

The Committee will develop a Climate Action Plan for the Select Board’s review and approval that includes: 

1. Definition of the climate action goals for each decade through 2050, with a focus on the next decade;
2. Strategic options and incentives that seek to overcome barriers to implementation of climate action goals; 
3. Recommendations for any structural changes, resource, or staffing recommendations that would assist in implementation; 
4. Actions to protect environmental justice communities from disproportionate effects of climate change; 
5. Recommendations for implementing the plan across all sectors of the Town;  
6.  Measures that assist in tracking and reporting Town’s progress towards fulfilling climate action goals; and

Climate Action Plan Committee Materials

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Contact the Committee: climate@needhamma.gov

Members

The Climate Action Plan Committee consists of nine appointed members for 2-year terms.