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Have you read the Resilient Cambridge Plan?

The Resilient Cambridge Plan is the City's roadmap to reduce the risk from climate change and prepare the community for the impacts that we may be unable to avoid. Click the button below to explore the Resilient Cambridge Plan, the Handbook, Storymaps and Technical Reports, and find out what you can do as a Resident or local Business. 

Resilient Cambridge plan

Resilient Cambridge

Overview

The Plan is comprised of four chapters each distinct with their own strategies and actions, but synergize together to address all the different climate impacts. These chapters are:

Closer Neighborhoods: Neighbors, family, friends, local organizations and other connections that make up our social fabric are an important aspect of a resilient community. These are the people, groups, and organizations that we rely on in times of need. Strengthening these ties will help Cambridge be resilient in times of stress.

Better Buildings: Buildings are an essential piece of our urban ecosystem they provide us with shelter and serve as places of work and leisure. Through design we can protect against climate change, reduce energy use, and mitigate the urban heat island effect.

Stronger Infrastructure: Cambridge is a dense, old, urban city with complex energy, communication, transportation and water systems, which weren't built with considerations of a changing climate.

Greener City: The dense urban environment on Cambridge makes it difficult to balance the built and natural environment of our city in the face of climate change. Through this we hope to increase vegetated areas, expand the tree canopy, enhance access to open space, have better air quality, and promote the health and protection of our waterways. 



Fig 6. in report

The environment of Cambridge is made up of ecosystems that are rooted in our natural systems, infrastructure, buildings, and all the people who live and work here.

Resilient Cambridge Transformative Strategies

Explore the strategies below to learn about what actions the City is taking to be more resilient!

Learn about how Cambridge will be impacted by climate change and why the Resilient Cambridge Plan is so important!

Resilient Cambridge Storymaps

Four story maps explain how Cambridge will be affected by increasing heat and flooding. Actions proposed in the Resilient Cambridge plan aim to reduce these risks. 


Temperatures are increasing!
What can we do about heat?
Precipitation events are becoming more extreme!
What can we do about flooding?
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