Updating the New Hampshire Climate Action Plan

Updating the New Hampshire Climate Action Plan: Calendar of Events

New Hampshire Listens is working on behalf of the NH Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) to design and facilitate community engagement—an essential component of NH's Priority and Comprehensive Climate Action Plans (PCAP and CCAP).

These plans are part of the Climate Pollution Reduction Grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. They lead to implementation funding that will support community-engaged projects with an effort to focus on Justice40 investments among the sectors of air pollution and greenhouse gas reductions. If you have specific questions about the grant funding, email the NHDES CPRG Team.

Air pollution affects us all in our homes, at work, where we and our families learn, and where we play. The State of New Hampshire needs to hear from local community members interested in, and already working on, air pollution reductions! Your priorities could become funded projects. 

The goals of the NHDES CPRG program are to:

Timeline

cross-sector stakeholder online meeting details

We held three cross-sector stakeholder gatherings where people working on greenhouse gas and air pollution reduction efforts, advocates, non-profits, regional and city/town planners, association leaders, etc. can talk together about priorities and projects that are essential elements of New Hampshire's PCAP (due March 1, 2024) and CCAP (due the following year). 

Cross-sector stakeholder meetings were held:

community-focused conversations—local people, local priorities, and local solutions!

We held community conversations online and in person to name key priorities for reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in your community or region. Between December 2023 and early February 2024, a series of community conversations were offered for people to learn, listen, and talk with each other to help develop a priority climate action plan.

We heard about local and regional projects that will benefit communities most in need, and address the barriers to implementing those projects. From workforce solutions to building a cost-sharing program to increase weatherization efforts for low- to moderate-income people to developing a coalition to buy solar power for buildings, etc.

These conversations were focused on talking about local issues and potential solutions in many different areas of concern: 

The insights from the Greater Manchester, Greater Nashua, or the Greater Seacoast Regions will also help inform the development of a Climate Action Plan for Greater Boston.

Community conversations were held: