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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.
Share your ideas!
Using the "Ideas" tab below, you can help the City set the direction for the Climate Action & Resilience chapter by telling us about your values and visions for Olympia's future. Your insights will help us center community needs, goals, and hopes for local climate action and resiliency in Olympia's Comprehensive Plan.
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.
Share your ideas!
Using the "Ideas" tab below, you can help the City set the direction for the Climate Action & Resilience chapter by telling us about your values and visions for Olympia's future. Your insights will help us center community needs, goals, and hopes for local climate action and resiliency in Olympia's Comprehensive Plan.
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Olympia 2045: Climate Action & Resilience is currently at this stage
Kick off this chapter, conduct public survey to solicit input
Spring 2024
this is an upcoming stage for Olympia 2045: Climate Action & Resilience
Begin drafting community values and vision statement, refine public engagement process, draft greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and policies and solicit community input, complete climate risk and vulnerability assessment
Summer 2024
this is an upcoming stage for Olympia 2045: Climate Action & Resilience
Draft resilience goals and policies and solicit community input
Fall 2024/Early 2025
this is an upcoming stage for Olympia 2045: Climate Action & Resilience
Final draft, including emissions reduction and resilience goals and policies