Today, Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled the climate roadmap for Boston. With goals of cutting emissions 50% by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, the ambitious plan aims to rapidly cut emissions from buildings, transportation, and energy sections—while increasing the adoption of resiliency strategies.
Boston’s 2030 Climate Action Plan is here in full.
“Climate action is, in fact, safety and health, opportunity and belonging,” Wu emphasized. The city’s fortified climate strategy reflects commitments from community and private partners who will help carry out and track progress on climate goals. She emphasized that the plan is focused on action steps planned for the next few years.
“Over the next five years, the focus is implementation,” the Wu administration wrote. “The City will work alongside community partners, residents, institutions, and other stakeholders to accelerate the actions outlined in this Plan and turn commitments into on-the-ground results.”
HIghlights include:
- Boston aims to cut community greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030.
- The plan targets buildings and transportation as the largest sources of emissions.
- Officials say resilience efforts focus on heat, flooding and coastal protection across neighborhoods.
- Mayor Wu criticized federal climate action, saying Boston “is not hiding from that reality.”
