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MAYORSSubject A RESOLUTION ENDORSING THE METROPOLITAN
2021 CLIMATE ACTION PLAN
FOR THE CHICAGO REGION
Meeting December 7, 2021 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT
PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD -
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The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus' (Caucus) prior regional environmental initiatives
demonstrate the benefits of collaborative climate change planning and municipal
sustainability, which led to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
(GCoM) to choose the Chicago area as one of four regions in the U.S. to join
the Regional and Metro -Scale Climate Leaders initiative in 2019.
The Caucus worked with GCoM and experts at the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a regional climate plan that
connects to the Greenest Region Compact and the U.S. Climate Resilience
Toolkit's Steps to Resilience. Specifically, the Caucus and NOAA worked to assess
climate -related risks and engage stakeholders in setting targets and developing
strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to develop resiliency to
climate change impacts. The project also drew on foundational work completed by
the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) to inventory greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions in the region and assess climate risks.
Over a 16 month period, 270 people from 175 organizations, including
representatives of 53 municipalities and Cook County, participated in the
development of the plan, which assesses risks such as heat and flooding. The plan
presents a road map to mitigation, adaptation and resilience to address these
risks.
Although the 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region (Full Plan /
Summary Plan) is regional in scope, the strategies in the plan are specifically
tailored for action at the municipal scale. Many of these strategies are familiar, as
they are rooted in the Greenest Region Compact (GRC), which Mount Prospect
first endorsed in February 2008 and again in April 2016 after GRC-2 was
released.
The Caucus will work with its membership, starting with its 138 GRC signatories,
to immediately undertake these strategies.
Alternatives
1. Approve a resolution endorsing the 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago
Region
2. Discretion of the Village Board
Staff Recommendation
Adopt a resolution endorsing the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus' 2021 Climate Action
Plan for the Chicago Region.
ATTACHMENTS:
Comm unities -that -adopted -Climate -Action- Plan- 11-29-21.pdf
Resolution Endorsing the 2021 Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region.pdf