C3 Recommendations
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We want you to feel empowered when you add your voice to the climate conversation, whether that’s advocating for local climate actions or state-level initiatives. Add your voice to our most recent sign-on letter here!
C3 and partner organizations in the social justice and environmental space authored a community sign-on letter for recommendations to Charlottesville’s Climate Action Plan. This letter calls for a more targeted implementation strategy and posits precise recommendations to improve energy equity, reduce fossil fuel dependence, and advance transportation equity, food justice, and climate-smart zoning. Click here to sign the community letter.
C3 formulated a set of climate policy recommendations for the City of Charlottesville’s 2021 budget that identifies opportunities to further support local climate action. These recommendations were presented to the public in a virtual fashion on March 13th, 2020. Click here to download the presentation slides from C3’s Budget Forum.
In March, 2020, Albemarle County published its Climate Action Plan (CAP) Phase 1 draft with considerations to community input collected during the Climate Mondays public participation process. This report provides key highlights and suggestions for community stakeholders to consider when providing feedback to the County on the draft plan.
Climate touches every aspect of our community — our health, our food, our economic well-being, and the affordability of our homes and businesses. C3 asks Charlottesville City Council to adopt a resolution to develop Charlottesville’s Comprehensive and Strategic Plans with a climate lens that serves as a guide for the prioritization of intersectional solutions.
In 2019, the Virginia General Assembly approved HB 2332, which required the State Corporation Commission (SCC) to convene a stakeholder process to obtain recommendations for electricity data access and provide a report to the General Assembly by April 1, 2020. C3 took a leadership role in the process, examined viable options, and provided recommendations that advocate for data access.
State-level policies and legislations are indispensable for enabling and strengthening municipal climate action. This document compiles a set of state-level climate policies that can complement recent progress made by the Virginia’s General Assembly and further advance the Commonwealth’s state and municipal climate leadership.