Please email Ana Hicks at ana.hicks@maine.gov if you are interested in watching the meeting.

The Maine Social Vulnerability Index (MESVI) was developed to help identify where vulnerable populations are located and what factors drive those vulnerabilities. The MESVI update incorporates more recently available population and socioeconomic data as well as methodology changes from US CDC for calculating the index. As a resource, the MESVI is intended to complement local level knowledge of a community’s vulnerabilities. There are limitations to what census-based data can reveal about a community’s vulnerabilities.

The Maine Infrastructure Resilience and Rebuilding Commission will be hearing from town officials on storm recovery efforts and will be touring local areas impacted by storm damage in York County.  

Both the Buildings, Infrastructure & Housing and the Energy Working Groups have discussed opportunities to reduce industrial emissions in Maine. This meeting will convene members of those working groups and other industrial stakeholders to discuss updates to Maine’s climate action plan related to industrial emissions.   

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To request interpretation services (American Sign Language) or spoken language interpretation services (Somali, Arabic, French, Spanish, Chinese-Mandarin, Khmer, Russian, Vietnamese, Portuguese) for this meeting, or to request other accommodations, please email maineclimatecouncil@maine.gov. 

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will provide an overview of its upcoming Tenth Biennial Report on Progress toward Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals, explanation of methods, how the new data informs the update of Maine's climate action plan, Maine Won't Wait, and how it can be used to identify trends and opportunities for further emissions reductions.

This presentation will share methods and modeling from RMI, assessing the impact of local, regional, and state zoning codes to guide housing where its most needed and most likely to reduce emissions while making other climate action investments go much farther. Countless cities and states across the U.S. are reforming land use regulations that impede housing production.

This is the second meeting of the Maine Climate Council’s Equity Subcommittee. The Equity Subcommittee consists of two sector-specific equity experts appointed to each working group, and an additional leadership team of 5 members.  
 

1. Welcome and introductions
2. Update on working group and public engagement process 
3. Open discussion
4. Opportunity for feedback
5. Next Steps

9:30a.m. to 9:35a.m. -- Welcome

9:35a.m. to 10:00a.m. -- Review built environment resilience and storm debris resources

10:00a.m. to 11:30a.m. -- Draft initial policy concepts in the Working Group Template

11:30a.m. -- Adjourn

Maine DHHS will hold virtual public hearings on the proposed four-year State Plan on Aging for Older Americans Act (OAA) funded programs and services that help older Mainers, and their care partners, remain healthy and safe in their communities.

Agenda items include:
•    Overview of OAA services in Maine
•    Summary of State Plan on Aging
•    Public comments