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JH CLIMATE ACTION COLLECTIVE UPDATE
By Nancy Shea, JH Climate Action Collective
A CAP (Climate Action Plan) is a community planning tool intended to provide a guiding framework for for reducing GHG emissions across all sectors while supporting community goals for climate justice, environmental health, economic prosperity, and quality of life. It is based on local priorities and uses greenhouse gas emissions inventories and other data as a foundation to create local climate goals.
In Teton County, the goal of developing and adopting a local CAP by January 2022 has been adopted and is included as a priority in the Comprehensive Plan. The JH Climate Action Collective is helping to lead this community-wide collaboration, launching a public-private partnership, with the non-profit sector taking the lead and working in close cooperation with the Town of Jackson and Teton County. The collaboration envisions a co-creative process to ensure the CAP reflects the needs and priorities of local government and is well-integrated with other goals such as housing and transportation. The CAP Leadership Council and Technical Advisory Committee listed below are embarking on an 18-month timeline to meet the January 2022 target.
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JH Climate Action Collective Riverwind Foundation Legacy Works Group Sunrise Movement of Jackson Hole University of Wyoming HAUB School of Environment and Natural Resources Yellowstone-Teton Clean Cities Energy Conservation Works and Lower Valley Energy Town of Jackson Teton Count START Bus Teton Conservation District
AUTHOR BIO + CONTACT INFO
Nancy Shea, PhD is on the organizing committee of JH Climate Action Collective. She is a consultant to Mountainside Institute and runs Tetons True Nature. She is adjunct faculty for University of Wyoming and Southern Oregon University. To contact Nancy, reach out to her over email at nhshea@gmail.com
