The Buildings, Infrastructure & Housing Working Group will meet to discuss reducing the amount of embodied carbon in new buildings by addressing market barriers to the use of climate-friendly building products, as well as resilience considerations for new buildings.
9:00a.m. to 9:15a.m. -- Welcome
9:15a.m. to 9:45a.m. -- Updates and discussion about assessment report progress
9:45a.m. to 10:25.m. -- Roundtable discussion of Maine Climate Council March 14 STS presentations
10:25a.m. to 10:35a.m. -- Break
10:35a.m. to 11:10a.m. -- Roundtable discussion continued
11:10a.m. to 11:15a.m. -- Photos of climate science action in Maine
11:15a.m. to 11:25a.m. -- Public comment
11:25a.m. to 11:30a.m. -- Next steps and wrap up
This is the first 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.
Please join us Friday, February 2nd at 11am to learn more about community engagement, equity, and the role these important practices and concepts might play in your Community Resilience Partnership grant project.
The Maine Climate Council (MCC) set equity as a core objective in Maine’s climate action planning process. To support this, the MCC Equity Subcommittee developed a report to help guide the consideration of equity in climate action and resilience planning in Maine.
11:00a.m. to 11:05a.m. -- Welcome and meeting objectives
11:05a.m. to 12:40p.m. -- Review policy options to plan and build necessary clean energy infrastructure
12:40p.m. to 12:55p.m. -- Updates from small groups on other topics
12:55p.m. to 1:00p.m. -- Next steps
1:00p.m. -- Adjourn
1:00p.m. to 1:05p.m. -- Welcome and agenda overview
1:05p.m. to 1:30p.m. -- Centering ourselves in the vehicle miles traveled (VMT) data
1:30p.m. to 1:50p.m. -- Testing possible actions for an updated Maine Won’t Wait
1:50p.m. to 2:20p.m. -- Small group conversations – refining proposed actions
2:20p.m. to 2:40p.m. -- Break
2:40p.m. to 3:40p.m. -- Consolidating our thinking
3:40p.m. to 3:45p.m. -- Next steps
3:45.p.m. to 4:00p.m. -- Close meeting – opportunity to explore on-site electric vehicles
1:00p.m. to 1:05p.m. -- Welcome and meeting overview
1:05p.m. to 1:35p.m. -- Centering group in transportation data
1:35p.m. to 1:45p.m. -- Review of focus areas for likely policy updates
1:45p.m. to 2:05p.m. -- Small group conversations
2:05p.m. to 2:30p.m. -- Consolidating ideas
2:30p.m. to 2:45p.m. -- Break
2:45p.m. to 3:40p.m. -- Consolidating ideas, continued
3:40p.m. to 3:55p.m. -- Notes from Demand Management Workshop
3:55p.m. to 4:00p.m. -- Next steps
4:00p.m. -- Close meeting
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
Hear from co-chairs and staff from the six working groups of the Maine Climate Council about key topics that are emerging in their discussions and how to provide input.
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.
Meeting Agenda: The Maine Climate Council has started the process of updating the state's climate action plan, Maine Won't Wait, by December 1, 2024. This webinar will provide an introduction to the Maine Climate Council process and how to participate.