Evansville Releases Climate Action Plan Targeting Transportation, Buildings, Energy, Waste

The Evansville Climate Action Plan December 2020 contains sections on Transportation Buildings and Energy Waste Local Food Agriculture and Green Space according to the document contents listed in the plan.

The plan includes a Letter from the Mayor Acknowledgments Executive Summary Summary of Actions Conclusion and Next Steps Appendix A Community Engagement and Survey Results Appendix B City Climate Successes Appendix C City Highlights and Appendix D Greenhouse Gas Inventory.

The CAP Development Team consisted of Carolyn Townsend as Project Manager and Climate Fellow from Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute and Timothy Weir APR as Administrator of the Commission on Homelessness.

City Staff and Elected Officials involved include Lloyd Winnecke as Mayor of Evansville Steve Schaefer as Deputy Mayor of Evansville Noah Stubbs as Director of Communications in the Mayors Office Brian Holtz as Executive Director of Parks and Recreation Brent Schmitt as City Engineer Michael Labitzke and Ella Johnson-Watson from EWSU Evansville Water and Sewer Utility Todd Robertson from METS Metropolitan Evansville Transit System Blaine Oliver from Area Planning Commission Jennifer Evans from Mesker Park Zoo and Shawn Dickerson from Urban Forestry.

This Climate Action Plan was developed with support from the Resilience Cohort a program offered by the Environmental Resilience Institute ERI an initiative of the Indiana University Prepared for Environmental Change Grand Challenge and with support from ICLEI USA Local Governments for Sustainability in partnership with the Resilience Cohort.

Graphic Design Assistance was provided by Ashley Steele from Accuride Corporation Thomas Nunn and Emily Lenetta.

The Stakeholder Committee included Mary Allen from Zero Waste Evansville Reverend Gerald Arnold and Denise Abdul-Rahman from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP Tara Barney from Southwest Indiana Chamber of Commerce SWIN Todd Chamberlain from Republic Services Vic Chamness from Evansville School Corporation EVSC Cathy Davidson from United Neighborhoods of Evansville UNOE and Abby Elpers from Growth Alliance.

The plan states that Evansville is committed to becoming a regional leader in equitably addressing climate change by harnessing the communitys spirit of collaboration and innovation and that by taking the specific action steps in this plan the city will significantly reduce Evansvilles greenhouse gas emissions and reduce its contribution to climate change while strengthening the economy significantly reducing waste and improving air quality.

The planning process utilized leading racial equity planning tools to ensure that planning and development were equitable and drew upon local and national expertise and best practices through engagement with local agencies community organizations the business community and partnering with Indiana Universitys Environmental Resilience Institute with input gathered through extensive community engagement.

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