Hello All!
Please join the Vermont Legislative Climate Solutions Caucus tonight at 7 pm to:
1. Hear an overview of the Climate Council results (20 minutes)
2. Bring your voice to the table via "break out" sessions (30 minutes)
3. Hear what all participants shared during the "break out" sessions & next steps (10 minutes)
Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0pcOqupjIuEtSocjyzDCEYWdBgGLau7kIu-
More details:
On December 1, the Vermont Climate Council published its highly anticipated Climate Action Plan. The result of months of hard work by six subcommittees and the full 23-member council, the plan is an important step in climate action for our state. Find the plan here: https://climatechange.vermont.gov/wherearewegoing
We're still reading the full 265-page report and considering its recommendations and details. We hope you will read it, too. It includes valuable information about the current and projected impact of climate change on our state, with recommended strategies in five areas:
-Cutting climate pollution
-Resilient working and natural lands
-Vital communities
-Capturing carbon
-Cross-cutting solutions
The Climate Plan provides a roadmap for legislators and other stakeholders that will guide our policy decisions in 2022 and beyond. Importantly, the plan — which will be updated every four years — also includes a Just Transition framework to evaluate recommendations based on how they will affect Vermont's most highly impacted and frontline communities, including those who are:
-Highly exposed to climate risks
-Experience oppression and racism
-Are excluded from opportunities or have less resources to adapt to climate and economic change
Bear the brunt of pollution and negative effect from fossil fuels and extractive economies
-Are more likely to experience a job transition as Vermont addresses climate change
Please join the Vermont Legislative Climate Solutions Caucus via a Virtual Town Hall, tonight, at 7 pm to share reactions to the Climate Action Plan, discuss plans for the upcoming legislative session, and to discuss which climate policies should be prioritized in 2022. The Town Hall will include regional breakout rooms led by legislators from your county.
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