Topsham Climate Action Plan

Topsham is updating its 2012 Climate Action Plan to help meet the challenges of extreme weather, rising water levels, prolonged power outages, increased health risks, and their impacts on the town. 

Please take a few minutes to tell us your concerns and help shape our priorities. Your answers are anonymous.

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* 1. How concerned are you about changes to our weather?

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* 2. How important is it for Topsham to address potential impacts of severe weather?

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* 3. What kinds of climate related issues have you experienced recently that you haven't in the past? Select all that apply.

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* 4. Climate impacts affect people and places in Topsham differently. Please share specific places (a home, trail, neighborhood, bridge, road, etc...), or groups of people (based on age, social connection, family type, income, etc...) that are vulnerable to a changing climate?

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* 5. The State's Climate Action Plan has set a goal to decrease greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by 45% by 2030 and 80% by 2050, and achieve carbon neutrality (sequester all the carbon we emit) by 2045. What should Topsham's target be?

 

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