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Seattle Launches Climate Ready Curriculum to Boost Community Resilience
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In Short: Seattle introduces a new Climate Ready Curriculum to help communities prepare for climate impacts like extreme heat and flooding, prioritizing support for vulnerable groups.
Hot sunny days and irregular weather have officially hit Seattle, signaling the start of summer. The city acknowledges that these conditions are a result of climate change, which is making summers hotter and winters warmer, with more severe impacts like flooding, extreme heat, and wildfire smoke.
Seattle is taking a two-pronged approach to address climate change. While working to reduce emissions in the long term, the city is also preparing communities for the climate impacts they are already experiencing. The city prioritizes resilience efforts in communities that are hit first and worst, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, people with low incomes, outdoor workers, youth, elders, and those with disabilities.
Seattle has launched the Climate Ready Curriculum, a free and live resource designed by community members for community members. This curriculum is part of the city’s Climate Action Plan, which aims to build community resilience and ensure that solutions are implemented at all scales. The curriculum is co-created by several community organizations and is tailored to diverse ages, backgrounds, and levels of preparedness, making it accessible to a wide range of individuals and groups.
The city encourages community members to get involved in shaping the Climate Action Plan. By using the Climate Ready Curriculum, individuals and groups can prepare themselves and their communities for climate threats specific to Seattle. Whether teaching a group or reviewing it individually, the curriculum offers valuable resources to enhance community resilience.
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- Hot sunny days and irregular weather have officially hit Seattle for the summer.
- It’s not just you — yes, it feels hotter and more unpredictable each year due to climate change.
- While we work to reduce the emissions that cause climate change in the long term, we are also preparing communities for the climate impacts they are already experiencing.
- Climate change comes with hotter summers, warmer winters, and more severe impacts like flooding, extreme heat, and wildfire smoke.
- We prioritize our climate resilience efforts in communities hit first and worst, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, people with low incomes, outdoor workers, youth and elders, and…
- We’re excited to introduce Seattle’s new Climate Ready Curriculum, designed by community for community, to help neighbors prepare for climate change.
- The curriculum also advances the goals of Seattle’s Climate Action Plan, which will prioritize building community resilience and show that solutions must happen at all scales.
- We’re updating the Climate Action Plan and want you to help shape it!
Sources
- Seattle.govlink