paleBLUEdot Selected for City of Edina Climate Action Plan

paleBLUEdot was selected by the City of Edina for the community’s first Climate Action Plan.  Situated immediately southwest of Minneapolis in Hennepin County, Edina has a population of 47,941. It is a first-ring suburb known for its shopping and dining, its parks and recreational facilities and the excellent quality of life for residents.

The City of Edina wishes to review its current greenhouse gas emission reduction goals (from 2007, 25% reduction by 2025, 80% reduction by 2050) and establish a pathway of actions to achieve these goals.  The City Council has engaged paleBLUEdot in preparing an assessment of local greenhouse gas emissions and climate impacts and to develop the City’s first Climate Action Plan. 

The paleBLUEdot Climate Action Plan effort will include:

  1. Development of community-wide and City Operations Greenhouse Gas Inventory and analysis for years 2013, 2016, and 2019.

  2. Development of a Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment meeting Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM) requirements

  3. Conducting a community-wide Ground Cover, Heat Island, and Carbon Sequestration Assessment and Recommendations report.

  4. Development of a community-wide Renewable Energy Potentials study

  5. Creation of a community-wide Climate Action Baseline Assessment and Strategic Goals Recommendations report defining a community-specific emissions mitigation targets and goals

  6. Recommend community-specific climate adaptation and mitigation actions that the City and community can undertake with an analysis of barriers and opportunities.

  7. Leading Climate Action Planning Public Engagement

  8. Development of the Climate Action Plan and Implementation Matrix

  9. Identification of Top Climate Action project priorities for the first year of climate action implementation

The paleBLUEdot team is honored to work with the City of Edina in developing the community’s first Climate Action Plan. 

The paleBLUEdot team provides a wide range of expert consultant services supporting community resilience, including Climate Action Planning, Sustainability Consulting, and Renewable Energy Planning.  Learn more about paleBLUEdot's Climate Action Planning services here.