City Council Adopts Final Climate Action Plan

We're pleased to announce that on April 4, the City Council formally approved (7-0) the final version of the first Mercer Island Climate Action Plan (CAP), after discussing approximately 75 changes to the draft version at its March 7 Meeting.

Over the past 16+ months, through surveys, workshops, and public comment, residents engaged in the plan’s development, identifying firsthand what priorities, challenges, and opportunities they see in the fight against climate change. This input helped the project team and the City Council to develop a suite of goals and targets, along with 59 specific near-term and long-term climate actions.

This approved CAP sets Mercer Island on a realistic, trackable, and well-defined path to transition to clean energy sources, to electrify transportation, to enhance stormwater and tree planting programs, to reduce waste, and to strengthen climate resiliency.

Read or download the final CAP here (142 pages with Appendices).