WHITE PLAINS – Westchester County, along with five of its villages, one town, and two cities have been awarded a $100,000 grant to administer a collaborative working group to complete individual government operations greenhouse gas inventories and climate action plans that will outline emissions reduction targets, strategies, and projects.
County Executive George Latimer said the county and its municipalities take very seriously the impact climate change has on our present and future. The grant will allow the local governments to work together to find real solutions and serve as a model for other governments that aim to create a similar robust climate response plan.
Westchester County Climate Action Planning Institute (CAPI Westchester) is a 16-month-long inter-municipal program where nine municipalities will participate in a collaborative working group to complete individual local government operations GHG emissions inventories (GHGI) and climate action plans (CAP) that will outline GHG emissions reduction targets, strategies, and projects.
As lead applicant and project participant, the county’s project team will include municipal staff and appointed members from its Climate Smart Communities Task Force.
Along with the county, the other participants are:
- Village of Hastings-on-Hudson;
- Village of Irvington;
- Town and Village of Ossining;
- City of Peekskill;
- Village of Tarrytown
- Village of Pelham; and
- City of White Plains.
