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Table of Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations ........................................................................................ ii Local Climate Adaptation and Climate Action Plans ....................................................... 1 Identified Plans ......................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Table Table F-1: Local Climate Adaptation and Climate Action Plans (as of June 2018) .................................... 1 Massachusetts State Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan September 2018 i Appendix F: Local Climate Adaptation and Climate Action Plans Acronyms and Abbreviations MAPC Metropolitan Area Planning Council MAGIC Minuteman Advisory Group on Interlocal Coordination PVPC Pioneer Valley Planning Commission SHMCAP State Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan ii Massachusetts State Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan September 2018 Local Climate Adaptation and Climate Action Plans 1.1 Identified Plans Table F-1 provides a list of 26 of local and regional climate adaptation and climate action plans that were identified during the preparation of the State Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan (SHMCAP).
This list should not be considered an exhaustive list.

It is likely that many plans that have been developed or are currently under development were not identified during this preliminary screening of local plans.
Table F-1: Local Climate Adaptation and Climate Action Plans (as of June 2018) Jurisdiction / Entity Plan Name Year Type of Plan1 Website Link Amherst Climate Action Plan 2005 Mitigation Arlington Sustainable Action Plan 2005 Mitigation Belmont Climate Action Plan 2009 Mitigation Boston Climate Ready Boston 2016 Adaptation http://www.pvpc.org/sites/default/fi les/Amherst%20Climate%20Plan%20 2005_0.pdf https://www.wearestillin.com/sites/ default/files/sustainability- plan/arlington_sustainablility_action _plan.pdf http://www.belmont- ma.gov/sites/belmontma/files/file/fil e/cap.pdf https://www.boston.gov/departmen ts/environment/climate-ready- boston Greenovate Plan / Climate Action Plan 2014, 2017 Mitigation https://www.boston.gov/departmen ts/environment/greenovate-boston Boston Boston Boston Climate Ready Boston Municipal Vulnerability to Climate Change A Climate of Progress – Climate Action Plan Update 2013 Adaptation 2011 Mitigation https://www.cityofboston.gov/news /uploads/30044_50_29_58.pdf https://www.cityofboston.gov/Imag es_Documents/A%20Climate%20of% 20Progress%20- %20CAP%20Update%202011_tcm3- 25020.pdf https://braintreema.gov/DocumentC enter/View/258/Draft-Report-and- Action-Plan-PDF?bidId= Braintree Town of Braintree Climate Vulnerability Assessment and Action Plan 2017 Adaptation Massachusetts State Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan September 2018 1 Appendix F: Local Climate Adaptation and Climate Action Plans Jurisdiction / Entity Plan Name Year Type of Plan1 Website Link Brookline Climate Action Plan 2018 Mitigation Buzzards Bay National Estuary Program Planning for a Shifting Shoreline and Coastal Storms Chapter, Buzzards Bay Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan 2013 Adaptation Cambridge Climate Protection Plan 2002 Mitigation Cambridge Recommendations for Adaptation to Climate Change 2010 Adaptation Cambridge Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, Parts 1&2 2015, 2017 Adaptation East Boston ClimateCARE 2015 Adaptation Ipswich Climate Action Plan: 2017 update 2017 Mitigation Marshfield Climate Change Adaptation, Master Plan Chapter 2013 Adaptation Medford Climate Action Plan 2012 Mitigation Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Minuteman Advisory Group on Interlocal Coordination (MAGIC) Nantucket Metro Boston Regional Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Report MAGIC Climate Change Resiliency Plan, Vulnerability Assessment, Pt.
1 2014 Adaptation 2017 Adaptation A Climate Action Plan for Nantucket Island 2010 Mitigation http://www.brooklinema.gov/Docu mentCenter/View/14099/Brookline- CAP_SBCAC_approved-12- 2017?bidId= http://buzzardsbay.org/management -solutions/2013-ccmp/newccmp- shorelines/ http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/me dia/Files/CDD/Climate/climateplans/ climate_plan.pdf?la=en http://www.cambridgema.gov/~/me dia/Files/CDD/Climate/climateplans/ climate_adaptation_recs_20100405.
pdf?la=en http://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/ Projects/Climate/climatechangeresili anceandadaptation.aspx http://noahcdc.org/sites/default/file s/sites/all/images/East%20Boston%2 0ClimateCARE%20Resiliency%20Wor k%20Plan.pdf https://www.ipswichma.gov/Docum entCenter/View/9517/Ipswich- Climate-Action-Plan-Update-2017 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/ viewcontent.cgi?article=1022&conte xt=larp_grad_research http://www.medfordma.org/wp- content/uploads/2012/12/FINAL_LA P.pdf https://www.boston.gov/sites/defau lt/files/metro_boston_regional_clim ate_adaptation_strategy_report.pdf https://www.stow- ma.gov/system/files/uploads/pt1_m agic_climate_resilience_vulnerability assessment_reduced.pdf http://www.ackenergy.org/uploads/ 3/4/9/7/3497858/climate_plan_publ ic_draft_1_14_1__3_.pdf 2 Massachusetts State Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation Plan September 2018 Appendix F: Local Climate Adaptation and Climate Action Plans Jurisdiction / Entity Pioneer Valley Planning Commission (PVPC) Plan Name Pioneer Valley Climate Action and Clean Energy Plan Year Type of Plan1 2014 Mitigation Website Link http://www.pvpc.org/sites/default/fi les/PVPC%20Climate%20Action%20C lean%20Energy%20Plan%20FINAL%2 002-18-14.pdf Reading Climate Action Plan Salem Ready for Tomorrow: The City of Salem Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan 2008, 2009 Mitigation https://www.readingma.gov/climate -advisory-committee 2014 Adaptation https://www.salem.com/sites/salem ma/files/uploads/salemclimatechang eplan_online.pdf Scituate & Duxbury Scituate/Duxbury Coastal Climate Resiliency Plan 2015 Adaptation https://www.mapc.org/resource- library/scituateduxbury-coastal- climate-resiliency-plan/ Somerville Springfield Somerville Climate Forward: Somerville’s Community Climate Change Plan Springfield Climate Action & Resiliency Plan Vulnerability and Resilience 2017 Adaptation https://www.somervillema.gov/sust ainaville/climate-change-planning 2017 Adaptation https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/ viewcontent.cgi?article=1052&conte xt=larp_grad_research 1 A plan is categorized as an adaptation plan if it is primarily a climate change vulnerability and adaptation or resiliency plan.
A plan is categorized as mitigation if it is primarily focused on identifying actions to mitigate climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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