In the summer of 2019, our team worked to mobilize New Haven residents in support of declaring a climate emergency in conjunction with the Climate Mobilization platform and other cities across the world. On September 3, the New Haven Board of Alders unanimously passed our Climate Emergency Resolution, which recognizes the climate emergency by calling for zero emissions in New Haven by 2030 and the creation of a climate mobilization task force. 
 
Since passing the resolution, the city has committed $560,000 in capital funding towards climate infrastructure projects through our 0.1% or the Future proposal (asked for 0.1% of the city’s budget to go towards investing in climate change) as well as $50,000 in their general 2020 budget towards climate solutions, and the climate mobilization task force is being formed. We believe that passing the Climate Emergency resolution is a big step for New Haven in addressing the climate crisis and provides the foundation for future climate solution initiatives.