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TAKING ACTION TOGETHER FOR A BETTER FUTURE
Natural Resources
Public Health
& Community
Preparedness
Buildings & Energy
Resilient Watertown
goals and actions will be
organized into
5
PLAN ELEMENTS
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to
Infrastructure
&Waste Management
Transportation
& Mobility
OUR PLAN
There are two levers for acting on climate change: reducing our
GHG emissions and adapting to unavoidable changes. Our Climate
& Energy Plan will identify opportunities to reduce GHGs, while
enhancing our community's resilience to those climate hazards
we are already experiencing.
6 GUIDING PRINCIPLES aligned with our Town priorities will be the
foundation for achieving our goals and implementing our actions.
Greenhouse Gas
Emission Reduction
Resilience
Preservation of
Natural Resources
Regional
Collaboration
Economic
Vitality
Equity and
Justice
CLIMATE HAZARDS
Shifting and more
extreme precipitation
and temperature
patterns
Climate change will intensify existing climate hazards in Watertown, with
impacts to community health, local natural resources, and infrastructure.
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Intense storms
iC) Drought
CM Heat Waves
• Downed trees
• Power outages
• Property damage
• Damage to critical
facilities, infrastructure,
homes, and businesses
• Stress on wildlife
• Diminished water supply
• Heat -related illness
• Higher energy demand
• Increased risk of vector
borne disease
OUR PATH TO
RESILIENCE
Resilient Watertown will build on
important Town initiatives and
milestones, and rely on our culture
of engaged citizenship, to mitigate
and adapt to climate change.
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2003
Watertown
Environment &
Energy Efficiency
Committee (WE3C)
established
Municipal energy
efficiency projects
2020
Municipal Vulnerability
Preparedness (MVP)
Community certification
achieved
2021
1 Climate & Energy
1 planning process
♦ launched
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MAR
Citizen
committees and
advocacy groups
2010
Green Community
certification
achieved
Bicycle, pedestrian,
and transit
improvements
267
residential solar
installations
2018
Town Council passes
mandate requiring solar
renewable energy installations
on new commercial buildings
2019
Town Council passes resolution
to support a transition to
100% renewable energy
2021
Watertown Climate & Energy Plan Timeline
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APR
MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT
Share your Ideas
Talk with Family
Attend Events
NOV DEC
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2019
Watertown Electricity
Choice launched
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• Baseline Assessment & Goal Setting
(March - May)
▪ Action Identification
(May - July)
▪ Action Prioritization
(July - August)
• Implementation Planning
(August - October)
• Final Plan Development
(September - December)
• Community Engagement
* Resilient Watertown Stakeholder
Advisory Group Meeting
* Public Input Survey
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STAY UP TO DATE
Visit resilient.watertown-ma.gov
Reach out with comments or ideas to
resilient@watertown-ma.gov