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Report 2022

Inaugural Boston Climate Progress Report

The first Boston Climate Progress Report assesses the city’s climate commitments and the practical changes needed to meet them.

Joan Fitzgerald, Michael J. Walsh

The Boston Foundation

Wind turbines beside the waterfront in Gloucester, Massachusetts.Expand figure
Wind turbines beside the waterfront in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Boston Climate Progress Report, p. 21: Gloucester wind turbines. Photo: Fletcher6 / Wikimedia Commons, as credited in the report.

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Boston Climate Progress Report, p. 21: Gloucester wind turbines. Photo: Fletcher6 / Wikimedia Commons, as credited in the report.

Published by The Boston Foundation in 2022, this report examines Boston’s progress toward net-zero emissions, climate resilience, and a more equitable response to climate change. Joan Fitzgerald and Michael J. Walsh assess twelve outcomes and identify four larger actions needed to accelerate progress.

The report looks beyond city government to the roles of institutions, businesses, communities, and state and federal policy. It was developed as the first installment of a biennial assessment.