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    Detroit Climate Action Plan

    We need to arm ourselves with a deeper understanding of what’s up in our neighborhoods and the current level of suffering, as well as recognize that we will create a path for ameliorating some of these most egregious conditions by setting a course toward lowering our generation of greenhouse gases.

    Year
    2024

    Details

    Hazards
    Extreme Heat
    Flooding – General
    Assets
    Cultural and Community Services
    Multiple or All Assets
    People
    Property
    Water Infrastructure – General
    Sources
    Detroit Climate Action Collaborative
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    Lessons Learned

    Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice enlisted a broad array of allies: many people and local entities saw the value in joining forces to help generate momentum and to accumulate resources that could be mobilized to help the city eventually put in place a useful and powerful strategy to address the coming impacts to our community from climate change.

    Options Used

    Engage with City Water & Sewerage Department and monitor progress annually to improve drinking water efficiency, water quality, and stormwater management. After completing a plan, revisit and revise the goals and strategies every 2 years based on implementation results and new information. Create an ecosystem services inventory for your community to identify the natural features, like particular areas of forest or wetlands, that do the most

    Steps to Resilience

    Get Started
    Understand Exposure
    Assess Vulnerability & Risk
    Investigate Options
    Prioritize & Plan
    Take Action

    Plans

    Detroit Climate Action Plan

    Organizations

    Detroit Climate Action Collaborative
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