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Accelerating Boston Climate Action: Green Ribbon Commission Strategic Plan

Our 2025-2030 strategic plan articulates our vision for how the GRC can uniquely contribute to this critical next phase of climate work. Each pillar of our plan is a place where the City needs to be bold, and where partnership with the private sector is critical.

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Boston Climate Report

Working Groups

The work of the Green Ribbon Commission is structured through sector and topic working groups that tackle efforts outlined in the strategic plan with Boston’s industry leaders – sharing best practices and findings as they go. Working groups convene leaders in commercial real estate, cultural institutions, health care, higher education, coastal resilience, and grid modernization to advance initiatives and drive action based on research and analysis.

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Climate Justice

“The Boston Climate Council will bring together leadership across departments to ensure that our climate policies are implemented swiftly, equitably, and effectively. This next phase of our Climate Action Plan will center on building a just and resilient Boston for generations to come.”

– Mayor Michelle Wu

Grid Modernization

2024 Grid Modernization Working Group Highlights

The GRC launched the Boston Grid Modernization project in 2024, convening a group anchored by large developers and institutions who must plan years ahead for the development, energy demand, and emissions of their campuses and buildings. The group established a common understanding of the electricity distribution challenge and the role large energy users, utilities, and the City can all play in helping address it. The report captures a summary of the work throughout the year and key next steps.

Climate Action

Mayor Wu Signs Executive Order Creating a Climate Council for the City of Boston

Mayor Michelle Wu signed an Executive Order creating the Boston Climate Council, a key partnership that will coordinate the City’s all-of-government approach to combating climate change and advancing resilience. This group consists of thirteen Cabinet Chiefs and will be co-lead by the Chief Climate Officer Brian Swett and the Green New Deal Director and Environment Commissioner Oliver Sellers-Garcia. The Climate Council will be responsible for developing and implementing the next phase of Boston’s Climate Action Plan (CAP), which will focus on short-term methods to reduce greenhouse gas emissions between 2026-2030, furthering Boston’s ability to support climate justice and reach carbon neutrality by 2050.

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