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What’s happening?
Every 10 years, the City is required by State law to review and update its Comprehensive Plan. This update will look out to year 2045 to show, among other things, how the City will accommodate new population and employment growth. It is also an opportunity to make sure the Plan and Development Regulations meet current state requirements that may have changed since the last major update of the Plan.
Each chapter of the Comprehensive Plan will be updated individually, with its own public participation process and opportunities to provide feedback.
This page is for the Climate Action & Resilience chapter. To learn more about the general update process or other chapters, visit our Comprehensive Plan Update home page.
What does the Climate Action & Resilience chapter address?
The chapter will address both climate mitigation (the reduction of greenhouse gases) and resilience (the ability to prepare for, recover from, and adapt to climate change impacts). The chapter will be designed to:
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled.
Improve climate preparedness, response, and recovery efforts to enhance resiliency and avoid the adverse impacts of climate change.
Prioritize environmental justice and avoid creating or worsening localized climate impacts to vulnerable populations and overburdened communities.
The comprehensive plan will help the City update and refine its climate goals and policies while ensuring we meet the new state requirements under the Growth Management Act.
How to get involved
There are several options to learn more and share your ideas for the Climate Action and Resilience chapter.
Attend the upcoming Climate Action and Resilience Open House on October 16 at the Olympia Center, Multipurpose Room B. The open house will begin at 6:30 with a brief presentation, followed by an opportunity to share your climate action and resilience ideas with City staff. You can register to attend the workshop here.
Using the "Ideas" tab below, share your ideas about actions theCity should take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the impacts of climate change.
Let us come to you! Email pbraff@ci.olympia.wa.usto request a presentation and/or discussion with your organization.
Every 10 years, the City is required by State law to review and update its Comprehensive Plan. This update will look out to year 2045 to show, among other things, how the City will accommodate new population and employment growth. It is also an opportunity to make sure the Plan and Development Regulations meet current state requirements that may have changed since the last major update of the Plan.
Each chapter of the Comprehensive Plan will be updated individually, with its own public participation process and opportunities to provide feedback.
This page is for the Climate Action & Resilience chapter. To learn more about the general update process or other chapters, visit our Comprehensive Plan Update home page.
What does the Climate Action & Resilience chapter address?
The chapter will address both climate mitigation (the reduction of greenhouse gases) and resilience (the ability to prepare for, recover from, and adapt to climate change impacts). The chapter will be designed to:
Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled.
Improve climate preparedness, response, and recovery efforts to enhance resiliency and avoid the adverse impacts of climate change.
Prioritize environmental justice and avoid creating or worsening localized climate impacts to vulnerable populations and overburdened communities.
The comprehensive plan will help the City update and refine its climate goals and policies while ensuring we meet the new state requirements under the Growth Management Act.
How to get involved
There are several options to learn more and share your ideas for the Climate Action and Resilience chapter.
Attend the upcoming Climate Action and Resilience Open House on October 16 at the Olympia Center, Multipurpose Room B. The open house will begin at 6:30 with a brief presentation, followed by an opportunity to share your climate action and resilience ideas with City staff. You can register to attend the workshop here.
Using the "Ideas" tab below, share your ideas about actions theCity should take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the impacts of climate change.
Let us come to you! Email pbraff@ci.olympia.wa.usto request a presentation and/or discussion with your organization.
Olympia 2045: Climate Action & Resilience has finished this stage
Begin/continue technical assessments including the Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment and greenhouse gas emissions analysis.
Establish sector-based emissions reduction goals.
Summer 2024
Olympia 2045: Climate Action & Resilience has finished this stage
Chapter kickoff.
Develop community engagement strategy, assemble climate policy advisory team, and draft vision and values statement for the Climate Action and Resilience chapter.
Fall 2024
Olympia 2045: Climate Action & Resilience is currently at this stage
Complete technical assessments.
Begin drafting emissions reduction and resilience goals and policies and solicit community input.
Winter 2024 - 2025
this is an upcoming stage for Olympia 2045: Climate Action & Resilience
Issue first draft of Climate Action and Resilience goals and policies.
Conduct Planning Commission briefings and solicitadditional public comment.
Spring 2025
this is an upcoming stage for Olympia 2045: Climate Action & Resilience
Develop implementation strategy.
Integrate goals and policies across all comprehensive plan chapters.