The meeting materials from the two Chicago Climate Week events we held in July 2026 can be found below.
Sustainability Planning for Local Governments, Using the Greenest Region Compact (GRC): 7/20 Workshop
Presentation:
- Sustainability Planning for Local Governments – Edith Makra, Director of Environmental Initiatives, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus
Resources:
- Greenest Region Compact (GRC) sustainability pledge with 49 high-level goals, which 166 communities have adopted by resolution
- Greenest Region Compact Framework Document, which can be used for sustainability assessments and planning
- Some of the sustainability plans created with the GRC:
- City of Countryside – Please note that the City filled out the GRC Framework (pages 11-33 of the plan), which makes up a majority of the plan and shows what actions are achieved, in progress, or planned. Sustainability planning can really be this easy with the GRC!
- City of Rolling Meadows
- Village of Arlington Heights – We referenced this new sustainability plan on a slide during the meeting.
- To see more plans that have been created by using the GRC, go to our GRC webpage in the section “GRC Framework: A Foundation for Sustainability.”
- The GRC update that we mentioned during this meeting will be completed soon, and we will release the beta version that we previewed at this workshop.
Environment Committee Meeting on 7-21-26: Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Updates
Meeting InvitationPresentations and Meeting Materials:
- Comprehensive Climate Action Plan for Greater Chicago – Prithvi Hegde, Planner, Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP)
- Greenhouse Gas Inventory Updates – Mitch Hirst, Senior Analyst, CMAP
- Mentimeter results – questions related to the CCAP and 2025 GHG inventory update
Return to the Environment Committee webpage.