Northern Indiana Regional Planning Commission’s (NIRPC’s) EMPC meeting, held on 8/3/23, was a very productive one that lasted for 3 hours. Kathy Sipple of NWI Region Resilience presented on the NWI Regional Climate Action Planning (RCAP & CAP) update. (watch video from 7:53 second mark to the 22:54 second mark)
NIRPC is currently working on the draft RCAP framework. The Local CAP and
performance metrics are slated to be developed between the months of August and September. By
the end of November, NIRPC staff will finalize and adopt the NWI Regional Climate Action
Framework.
NIRPC invited 68 stakeholders to form a work group with an expertise in several
environmental categories. 36 participants attended the virtual kickoff meeting that took place on
May 6 and covered the GHG inventory, CAP workplan, and reduction targets. The June 2 virtual
meeting had 18 participants and covered a “business as usual” forecast and climate vulnerability
and equity.
Sharon Semko of Drive Clean Indiana (DCI) reported on events and programs with Drive Clean Indiana. For more information, please visit https://drivecleanindiana.org/.
There was also an informative presentation given by Cathy Csatari and Jennifer Collins on the Indiana Dept. of Environmental Management (IDEM) .