The Hyde Park Climate Smart Task Force

The goal of the Climate Smart Community program is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, reduce energy use, adapt to climate change, protect the health of the planet, and achieve cost savings in the process.

As a certified Climate Smart Community, the Town of Hyde Park is recognized as a leader in the effort to combat climate change, and is better positioned to obtain funding for implementing future climate smart actions.

The Hyde Park CSC intent is to minimize Climate Change Impact. Climate change has social, financial and security impact on all. Impact is reduced in two ways:

• Reducing GHG Emissions — Starting now to reduce GHG emissions and create permanent carbon sinks that remove GHG emissions from the atmosphere - these actions will help stabilize atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide at manageable levels and avoid severe climatic changes .
• Adapting to a Changing Climate — Altering built and natural environment in anticipation of predicted climatic changes, or in response to actual changes, alleviate risks associated with unavoidable climate changes.

Task Force Members

The task force has included many Hyde Park residents over the years. The current membership is:

New members are welcome. Contact us if you would like to join us.

We Meet

At 6:30 pm on the third Wednesday of each month. Check our calendar to get the information needed to join a meeting.