Who is a member?
Our members are the local governments of Massachusetts and their elected and appointed leadership.
The second annual Climate Beacon Conference, the region’s global climate change gathering, will be held at the Boston Society of Architects on Oct. 16-18.
The conference will feature global, national and local leaders who discuss the strategies and resources to propel solutions to the climate crisis into reality. Corporate, municipal, institutional and community leaders come together with experts and practitioners to share information and chart paths to more sustainable, livable futures.
As was the case last year, admission is complimentary for public-sector leaders, including municipal officials, as well as students, small nonprofits, and environmental justice or community organizations.
New this year is a Municipal Movers breakfast reception for local officials, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 17.
This year’s Climate Beacon will focus on the following four tracks, all of which are critical to addressing climate change and helping Massachusetts achieve its climate goals and continuing to grow its global leadership:
• Building Better: Focused on designing and building the infrastructure and neighborhoods of the future and how to retrofit and modernize the current building stock
• Powering Better: Focused on how everyone benefits from scaling the clean, renewable energy the region needs, how that energy is used, and how these developments positively impact their surrounding environments
• Moving Better: Focused on how people get from place to place in cleaner, healthier, more modern ways
• Adapting Better: Focused on how communities better adapt to the impacts of climate change through natural solutions, smart community and economic choices, and environmental restoration
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey said, “Climate Beacon is working to build partnerships, empower stakeholders, and create the community we need to build our livable future.”