US EditionWu outlines climate roadmap for Boston: Big goals for 2030, 2050
The plan centers on buildings and transportation, with officials saying it will also expand resilience, renewable energy and green jobs across neighborhoods.
- On Monday, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled a five-year climate roadmap at LoPresti Park, targeting 50% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2050.
- Wu shifted strategy toward shorter-term implementation, citing a 'vacuum' in federal climate leadership under the Trump administration as the impetus for refocusing the roadmap.
- The roadmap prioritizes emissions reductions from buildings and transportation, aiming to support roughly 67,000 green jobs annually while expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure across the city.
- To bolster resilience, Boston will prioritize coastal flood protection and increase tree canopy coverage; neighborhoods with more trees stay 10 to 12 degrees cooler during summer heat waves.
- Chief Climate Officer Brian Swett acknowledged reaching the 2030 goal is a 'big lift,' while the city will track progress using 22 metrics on a new Climate Action Plan Implementation Dashboard.
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AS BOSTON PENS its gameplan to move faster to cut emissions to meet 2030 climate targets, it is also buying itself more time in an already-delayed process to offer flood-prone residents discounts on their insurance premiums. Boston’s newly-released climate action plan sets a new goal to apply to join the Community Rating System program by 2030 after missing an original target to join by 2021, though the city’s top climate official said he still …
Boston's climate action plan includes more trees and fewer gas stoves
Boston is hoping that more trees and a change in how we cook can help reduce climate-warming carbon emissions — and keep people cool. Mayor Michelle Wu laid out her roadmap to help the city slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Boston Mayor Wu drops multi-billion-dollar climate plan shaped by only 208 people — it comes for gas stoves, small landlords, solo drivers, & restaurant kitchens
Via Mass Daily News: Excerpt: BOSTON — Mayor Michelle Wu just released a 212-page climate plan that tells Bostonians how they’ll need to heat their homes, what kind of stove they can cook on…
Parking fees? Congestion pricing? Mayor Wu’s new climate plan will study ways to discourage driving into Boston. - The Boston Globe
The climate action plan charts a path for the city to slash planet-warming emissions in half by 2030 and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.
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