Climate Mitigation

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This is your opportunity to help the City make the draft Climate Mitigation Plan even stronger!  

- Attend the Environmental and Natural Resources Commission meeting on Wed., March 11, 2026, 6 p.m., Maplewood City Hall, 1830 Co. Rd. B East

- Starting March 2nd, review and submit comments and feedback on the draft Climate Mitigation Plan. 


Climate Mitigation Plan

The City of Maplewood developed a draft Climate Mitigation Plan (CMP). The CMP will guide actions to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in municipal operations as well as support community-wide GHG reductions. This plan builds on the City’s past and on-going climate and sustainability work including the City’s 2021 Climate Adaptation Plan which focuses on community climate resilience.  The CMP will establish goals and provide a menu of detailed actions to meet GHG reduction goals. 

Climate Mitigation Planning Team

The Climate Mitigation Planning Team (CMPT) was made up of a multi-stakeholder team facilitated and supported by the City’s Climate Action Plan consultant, paleBLUEdot LLC. The team included community members, business people, and stakeholder organizations in addition to City staff and consultant team members. The CMPT worked collaboratively to co-create the City’s plan by exploring, creating, reviewing, refining, and supporting the prioritization of actions to achieve the City’s climate mitigation goals. Visit the paleBLUEdot Climate Action Plan Public Project Page for details on the process.  

Schedule 

Following is a schedule of key meeting and review dates for the draft plan and final plan approval. The schedule is subject to changes pending each review step.   

  • January 22, 2026 - CMPT review of draft plan
  • March 2 to April 1 - public comment period
  • March 11, 2026 - Environmental and Natural Resources Commission review of draft plan
  • March 18, 2026 - Park and Recreation Commission review of draft plan  
  • March 23, 2026 - City Council workshop to review draft plan 
  • May 13, 2026 - Environmental and Natural Resources review of final plan 
  • June 8, 2026 - City Council meeting to review and approve final plan 

Contact

Shann Finwall, Sustainability Coordinator, email, 651-249-2304.