Politics & Government
Cross-Community Climate Collaborative Team Enters New Chapter
The West Suburban municipal partners are championing the global climate issue through their regional collective actions.
Press release from the Cross-Community Climate Collaborative:
June 22, 2022
The Honorable Mayor Katrina Thompson (Village of Broadview), Village President Vicki Scaman (Village of Oak Park), and Village President Cathy Adduci (Village of River Forest) will mark a new date in history. The official activation of the Cross-Community Climate Collaborative introduces a design that brings together BIPOC and non-minority communities across income lines to share ideas, secure resources, and drive large-scale projects within and across communities that achieve agreed upon greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions reductions, equity, and sustainability goals.
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The project supports disinvested and resourced communities in a unique collaboration that places goal attainment and metrics on a timeline regarding the climate crisis, equity and sustainability above projects that marginally moves the needle on agreed upon science-based goal targets and equity metrics.
High-level goals consist of achieving greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions reductions in accordance with science-based recommendations, equity centered outcomes for ghg, and sustainability goals across communities, equitable access to participate in the clean energy economy, and drive large-scale renewable energy, energy efficiency, EV, and workforce development
initiatives. The collective action and social mobilization resulting from the work of C4 will influence how communities approach this work going forward. It is comprehensive, inclusive, and designed to create meaningful and measurable change.
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We officially invite you to share in this momentous occasion on June 23, 2022, at Triton College (2000 Fifth Ave., Room B-204210, River Grove, IL) at 1PM CST. We anticipate hearing from our local, county and state elected officials and stakeholders on climate and sustainability goals and priorities.
For more information about the Cross-Community Climate Collaborative, please contact Judy Corvo at Judycorvo@westcook.org.
COVID-19 safety protocols will be enforced.
This press release was produced by the Cross-Community Climate Collaborative. The views expressed here are the author's own.
