Our climate action plan will be the blueprint to support a vibrant economy, improved health, protected lands, and a safe and thriving community for generations to come. |
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Community Advisory Task Force (CATF) kicks off July 29
The Community Advisory Task Force plays a key role in ensuring that the climate action plan reflects community needs and desires from throughout the county. CATF includes a mix of local community members and technical experts with a wide variety of geographic representations, lived experiences, and areas of expertise. This group will come together frequently over the next three months to help develop a first draft of a climate strategy for the broader community to respond to in winter 2021-22.
At least for now, CATF meetings will be held via Zoom. The public will have an opportunity to comment at the meetings, and meeting recordings, background materials and notes will be posted online. Meetings are scheduled on alternating Thursday afternoons, with the first meeting on July 29 at 1p.m. Meeting materials will be available online 48 hours before the meeting. Check the project website for more information about how to view the meetings and provide public comment. |
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Youth task force digs into climate data
The Youth Advisory Task Force (YATF), a group of 24 young people from around the county, has been meeting for the past four months to build a solid foundation for engaging with the climate action plan. Members are now digging into the analysis of how the county contributes to climate change and opportunities to take action.
This review of action areas will enable the YATF to provide informed recommendations about climate actions that are most important to them. Youth will experience more climate impacts than any other generation currently alive, and it is essential to incorporate their perspectives into the climate action plan.
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Rural outreach
With the majority of county land in rural areas, the perspective and insights from rural residents and businesses will be another crucial component of a successful climate action plan. To help ensure that voice is heard, the project team is reaching out to rural community leaders and people who applied for the CATF to come together periodically over the course of the project to advise on how best to engage rural residents in development of the climate action plan. We’re excited to be able to draw on the skills and interests of these people from throughout the county to strengthen the project.
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Community engagement
The involvement of people throughout Clackamas County is crucial if we are to meet the goal of being carbon-neutral by 2050. Through community engagement people can be informed about what research tells us about our current and projected climate change status, and can be part of identifying and developing climate action options.
A wide variety of community engagement activities are planned throughout the project including, but not limited to, the following:
- Meetings of various special, project-related groups including the Community Advisory Task Force, Youth Advisory Task Force and Rural Key Communicators;
- Reaching out to cities, businesses, rural communities and culturally-specific communities to inform them about the project, gather input and encourage participation;
- Presentations to community and business organizations, listening sessions, surveys, focus groups, and
- Website information and interaction, social media posts, emails to interested parties and other electronic outreach.
The graphic below shows the work phases of the project and timeline, with public engagement and outreach items specifically noted in red.
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Help us hear from the whole community
We want to welcome people, organizations and businesses from throughout Clackamas County to help achieve the countywide goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. This newsletter is one way to share opportunities for community members to be engaged. If you know of folks - students, neighbors, colleagues, supervisors, electeds - who would be interested in learning about and perhaps contributing to this plan, please share this newsletter and encourage them to sign up.
Thank you for being on this journey with us!
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