Climate Action Plan
Work on our Climate Action Plan is underway!
The Town has partnered with the Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) to develop Freeport’s first Climate Action Plan. Freeport's Climate Action Plan will be a data-driven, actionable roadmap to reduce our contribution of polluting emissions while supporting a safe, healthy, and thriving community and environment.
The Freeport Sustainability Advisory Board has been engaging the community in developing strategies and has created a final draft Plan that will be presented to Town Council for consideration in the coming months.
Tentatively, the Plan will be announced at the April 2nd Council meeting and there will be a more in-depth workshop with Council their second meeting in April.
We invite you to explore the Draft Plan!
Click on the links below to open PDFs of the draft materials or scroll down to the document section of this page. Printed versions are available at Town Hall and the Freeport Community Library.
Read the executive summary to get an overall view of the plan. Alternatively, a summary of key facts and concepts can be found at the start of each chapter.
LEARN HOW TO BECOME PART OF THE SOLUTION
Each chapter contains concrete suggestions and further resources for readers who wish to take action. Or, see them all in one place in this flyer that has links out to helpful resources.
DIVE INTO ONE TOPIC
Within the Plan, you can skip ahead to whichever topic is of most interest to you. Each chapter contains information about the relevant impacts of climate change and proposed actions.
DISCOVER HOW THE PLAN WAS CREATED
Read the Developing the Plan section to learn about the people and processes involved in creating this document.
DIVE INTO THE DETAILS
Data which helped shape our baseline knowledge can be found in the appendices. This includes an Implementation Table (all the proposed actions with more detail), the Greenhouse Gas Inventory report (data on where emissions come from in Freeport), the Streetlight Transportation Analysis (more data on transportation patterns and emissions), and the Vulnerability Assessment (our risks to climate impacts).
What is a Climate Action Plan?
Municipalities can use Climate Action Plans to inform decisions, prioritize actions to take, and track progress towards their goals. Municipalities often include strategic goals for reducing emissions and enhancing resilience in their Climate Plans. By embarking in this effort, Freeport is joining many neighboring towns that have Climate Plans. The state of Maine has a Climate Action Plan that can be found here.
Visit the Climate Action Plan website by clicking HERE
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Completed:
Phase 1: Convening Existing Groups and Examining Plans and Resources
Click here for the presentation on Phase One with the Greater Portland Council of Governments (GPCOG) 4/11/2022
Phase 2: Data collection and analysis: Emissions inventory and vulnerability assessment
Click here to view the materials presented at the two Community Workshops
Phase 3 (IN PROGRESS): Action planning: Final development of the Climate Action Plan
For project updates click here
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 action_flyer_3.19.24.pdf | 2.84 MB |
| fcap_executive_summary_draft_3.19.pdf | 39.43 MB |
| final_cap_draft_3.19.24.pdf | 29.73 MB |
| implementation_table_fcap_final.pdf | 8.74 MB |
| streetlight_analysis_fcap_final.pdf | 5.53 MB |
| vulnerability_assessment_fcap_final.pdf | 20.91 MB |
| greenhouse_gas_inventory_fcap_final.pdf | 4.3 MB |