FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 5, 2021
City of Kingston
to Present Draft Climate Action Plan 2030
Two Public
Workshops on November 8, 2021
KINGSTON, NY – Mayor Steven T. Noble is
pleased to announce two public workshops to present the City of Kingston’s
Climate Action Plan 2030 draft to the public on Monday, November 8 at 12 noon
and 5pm.
With community input, the City of Kingston
is developing a bold vision to achieve sharp reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions by 2030. The Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2030 will provide a blueprint
to build sustainable, resilient, and independent energy, food, economic, and
social systems over the next 10 years.
In late 2020, the City partnered with
Citizens for Local Power, a local nonprofit energy educator, to engage the
community on the development of the CAP 2030 and identify the public’s
priorities for the next ten years. Key engagement activities in 2021 included a
public survey, community meetings, and neighborhood focus groups. In addition,
a Project Advisory Committee, composed of residents, climate action advocates
and specialists, and elected officials, provided local expertise to further
inform the draft plan. Based upon this community input, CADMUS, an
environmental consultancy firm, identified 20 potential climate action
strategies and conducted a more in-depth analysis on seven of those strategies
that required more data.
The draft Climate Action Plan 2030 presented
at two upcoming public meetings on November 8 will provide an overview of the
identified strategies. Both meetings will be
conducted with the same presentation, twice in one day, to increase
availability to the community. Comments collected at the public workshops and
during the subsequent comment period will be incorporated into the final plan,
which will be submitted to the Common Council for consideration and adoption in
early 2022.
“For the past decade, the City of Kingston
has been implementing initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and
adapt to a changing climate, including the installation of EV charging stations
in public parking lots, solar panels on municipal buildings, and integration of
green infrastructure into streetscape projects, among many others. These
efforts were recognized when we were honored as the first Silver Certified
Climate Smart City in the State of New York,” said Mayor Noble. “The Climate
Action Plan 2030 will build on our successful climate work to date, as we
continue to prepare for the next generation. This is a critical moment for
climate efforts, and the process of updating and building on our Climate Action
Plan is a key opportunity for the community to provide vital input for how we
move forward together.”
Climate Action Plan 2030 Community
Workshops
Monday, November 8, 2021
12:00pm and 5:00pm
More information and to register for the
meetings, please visit at https://engagekingston.com/climate-action-plan