Climate Action Plan Project Page

The City has a tradition of being a leader in addressing sustainability and environmental issues.  For over a decade, Edina has made significant strides towards improved community sustainability.  In 2011, Edina joined the MPCA’s GreenStep Cities program.  Minnesota GreenStep Cities is a voluntary challenge, assistance and recognition program to help cities achieve their sustainability and quality-of-life goals.  In 2021, Edina achieved “Step 5” in the program, the highest level available. 

The community has become increasingly concerned about the global climate crisis.  In 2020 the City kicked off its Climate Action Planning effort and in January of 2021 engaged paleBLUEdot for the development of the City’s first Climate Action Plan.  The plan outlines strategies and actions to support achieving increased climate resilience as well as reductions in City of Edina municipal and community-wide GHG emissions.  This Climate Action Plan is the result of a highly collaborative effort made by the City’s Climate Action Planning Team.

The planning effort included extensive evaluation of the City’s existing conditions including a Climate Vulnerability Assessment and a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory for both municipal operations and community wide emissions.

Grounded in the community specific data collected through the planning effort, the city’s Climate Action Plan seeks to help those who live and work in Edina imagine and achieve a future where the earth and all who live on it thrive. The plan focuses on both climate adaptation measures and GHG emissions reductions. The plan was developed through an extensive collaborative planning effort with significant community engagement.

The final Climate Action Plan re-affirms the City’s commitment to reduce GHG emissions and support the County and State emissions reductions goals. These State and local commitments were accounted for in the formulation of appropriate carbon reduction goals for Edina:

The City of Edina’s GHG emission reduction goals are to be compatible with the 2015 Paris Agreement and shall target a reduction in City operations and community-wide emissions of 45% below 2019 levels by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

Edina’s Climate Action Plan

Community Webpage

The City has established a webpage to provide the public with on-going updates, news, and opportunities to get involved in implementing the Climate Action Plan. That page, on Better Together Edina, is here.

Edina’s Future Climate

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