Birmingham wants your input on the Central Alabama Climate Action Plan

To help address climate and environmental challenges affecting our region, the City of Birmingham is inviting residents and community members from across central Alabama to help shape the Central Alabama Climate Action Plan, a strategic roadmap to help ensure the sustainability of our region in the future.

Read on to learn more and how you can get involved.

What is the Central Alabama Climate Action Plan?

The City of Birmingham’s Central Alabama Climate Action Plan team is spearheading a new, comprehensive plan to support climate adaptation and emissions reduction while boosting the region’s renewable economy, prioritizing equity, and using data to guide impactful, inclusive decisions.

“With floods, droughts, extreme heat, tornadoes, and wildfires, the Central Alabama region is witnessing the undeniable impacts of climate change.

These changes directly affect our quality of life, economic prosperity, and public health.

Recognizing the urgency of action, we are committed to preparing for and responding to these evolving conditions to safeguard our communities for generations to come.”

Sherry-Lea Bloodworth Botop, Chief Resilience and Sustainability Officer, City of Birmingham

To help reach a 2050 greenhouse gas reduction goal, the Central Alabama Climate Action Plan team will:

• Conduct a regional greenhouse gas inventory across all economic sectors.
• Propose actionable reduction measures to achieve that goal.
• Create a toolbox of reduction measures that cities, towns, and counties within the Birmingham metropolitan area can use to reduce their carbon footprint while improving air quality, economic vitality, resilience, recreation access and more.

How you can help shape the Central Alabama Climate Action Plan

To ensure that voices from Central Alabama residents are heard and integrated, the Central Alabama Climate Action Plan team is inviting the public to participate in several upcoming Community Engagement Meetings this month.

• Jefferson County Community Engagement Meeting
  • Tuesday, May 13th | 5:30PM
  • Homewood Public Library | 1721 Oxmoor Road, Birmingham, AL
• St. Clair County Community Engagement Meeting
  • Thursday, May 15th | 5:30PM 
  • The Pell City Center for Education and the Performing Arts | 25 Williamson Drive, Pell City, AL
• Walker County Community Engagement Meeting
  • Tuesday, May 20th | 5:30PM 
  • Lueada Meadows Smith Center, 419 Crutchfield Boulevard, Jasper, AL
• Shelby County Community Engagement Meeting
  • Thursday, May 22nd | 5:30PM 
  • North Shelby Library | 5521 Cahaba Valley Road, Birmingham, AL
• Chilton County Community Engagement Meeting
  • Tuesday, May 27th | 5:30PM
  • Chilton/Clanton Public Library | 100 1st Avenue, Clanton, AL
• Blount County Community Engagement Meeting
  • Thursday, May 29th | 5:30PM
  • Trafford Community Center | 9239 E Commercial Ave, Trafford, AL 35172 

Can’t make it to the Community Engagement Meetings? The Central Alabama Climate Action Plan team invites residents to share their perspectives via a community feedback survey.

Planning to attend a Community Engagement Meeting? Tag us @bhamnow to let us know!