A new, Juneau-specific report says it’s important that Juneau already has plans in place to combat climate change, but it must make good on them and then go further to prepare for a warmer, wetter future.
Claire Stremple, KTOOSeveral homes along Jordan Creek are partially inundated by rising water on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020, after record rainfall in Juneau, Alaska.
The report says it’s important that the City and Borough of Juneau already has plans in place to combat climate change, but it must make good on them and then go even further in its efforts. The city’s already taken some steps to address climate change. In 2001, Juneau was the first port in the world to— and it’s considering expanding that program from one dock to three.
in place. But the study recommends the municipality go further by creating metrics to report progress on its goals to the public.
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