Providence adopted the Climate Justice Plan in 2019, setting a carbon-neutral by 2050 target and prioritizing frontline neighborhoods for clean energy investments, tree canopy expansion, and protection from extreme heat and flooding.
The Providence Climate Justice Plan (CJP), adopted in 2019, was co-created with the Racial and Environmental Justice Committee. It commits the city to carbon neutrality by 2050, with interim targets in 2030. Strategies include municipal building electrification, green stormwater infrastructure in environmental justice neighborhoods like Olneyville and South Providence, tree canopy goals, and climate resilience hubs. The Office of Sustainability coordinates implementation. The plan is policy guidance rather than a single enforceable ordinance, but it shapes zoning amendments, capital budgeting, and grant priorities citywide.
The CJP is policy guidance; it does not create direct civil penalties, but related building, tree, and stormwater rules carry their own enforcement.
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Providence requires stormwater best management practices for new development and redevelopment exceeding one acre, consistent with RI DEM regulations and the...
Providence, RI
The Providence Climate Justice Plan and Neighborhood Climate Action Plans set canopy-equity goals targeting new plantings in low-canopy environmental justice...
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