It's time for Illinois communities to prepare for climate change. That was the key message of this year's Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative annual meeting this month.
That was the key message of this year's Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative annual meeting. The binational coalition, composed of over 200 municipal and regional U.S. and Canadian mayors and local officials, gathered in Chicago June 6-9 to talk climate action, with Illinois cities like Waukegan, Evanston and Zion joining in.
While at the conference, leaders signed a climate action plan pledge, committing to collaborate with other communities, educate other stakeholders on increasing climate risks and the need for effective climate action, and advocate for policies and funding that will enhance municipalities' capacity to address climate change.
"Our study has shown not only that close to a majority of the communities around the Great Lakes don't have these plans, but that they have not moved them faster and farther enough," said Altenberg, also a Vernon Township trustee. The challenge also revolves around accessibility. During a recent infrastructure funding cycle by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA, just one application went in from the Midwest, Altenberg said.
"If one thing impacts your community, it's going to impact the next. If the communities that are connected geographically aren't working together with this climate action plan, it's like you're moving into a hurricane," McKinney said."Your efforts become for naught because one person hasn't done it, or maybe one group has done it and four haven't."
While the Cities Initiative has two ongoing programs focused on providing technical project design and grant application support to individual municipalities, it also works with several mayors and governmental organizations at a time to look at the Great Lakes through a larger lens.
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