Boston’s newly updated 2030 Climate Action Plan provides a five-year roadmap for cutting carbon emissions, strengthening climate resilience, and creating a healthier, more affordable city. The Plan brings mitigation, resilience, and climate justice into one integrated framework and sets a clear focus for the years ahead: implementation. That work is already underway across the GRC…

2024 Working Group Highlights Following the release of Carbon Free Boston, the Green Ribbon Commission began to focus on supporting Boston’s energy transformation. 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…

Produced by Health Care Without Harm on behalf of Boston Green Ribbon Commission Health Care Working Group. Analytics by Environmental Health & Engineering. This unique-in-the-nation report summarizes an analysis of more than 40,000 energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) records covering the hospitals comprising the Boston Green Ribbon Commission Health Care Working Group, coordinated by Health…

Challenges and Opportunities in Getting to Net Zero in Boston’s Small Building Stock

Opportunities To Support Electrification, Decarbonization, and Resilience In 2023, the GRC hosted a series of Boston Grid Modernization meetings moderated by Janet Gail Besser and Dr. Jonathan Raab to identify how key actors – including Eversource and other utilities, the City of Boston, and large energy users – can work together to advance electrification, decarbonization,…

This report from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) provides a comprehensive analysis of the clean energy workforce needed to meet the state’s 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets, seen through regional, occupational, and equity lenses. Access Report Page: Massachusetts Clean Energy Workforce Needs Assessment | MassCEC

The Wharf District Council Climate Resiliency Task Force (CRTF) brings together the private and public sectors to create a conceptual Wharf District-scale protection and resiliency plan. Building off the Climate Ready Boston for Downtown, CRTF is charged with producing a workable vision for a district-wide barrier that is a baseline for planning and for property…

A modeled approach to health care organizations’ role in building equitable relationships that power community health, wealth, and climate resilience.

A Better City released an extreme heat primer and supporting case studies that explain the threats extreme heat poses to Greater Boston as well as opportunities to advance community heat resilience. These reports showcase some of the ways in which A Better City members and partners are meeting the moment with innovative strategies and best…

Using Boston’s Climate Opportunities to Address Systemic Racism