| BOSTON – Friday, April 24, 2025 – On Monday, Mayor Michelle Wu will unveil Boston’s landmark 2030 Climate Action Plan alongside community and institutional partners at LoPresti Park in East Boston.
The plan lays out a comprehensive roadmap for achieving the City’s carbon emissions reduction and climate resilience goals, including reducing community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent by 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.
Hosted in partnership with Tree Eastie, a Climate Action Plan community partner, the event will include a ceremonial planting of 10 trees to improve East Boston’s tree canopy and strengthen the City’s resilience to extreme heat.
This event will be live-streamed on boston.gov.
WHEN: 10:00 a.m.
Monday, April 27, 2026
WHERE: LoPresti Park, between the playground and the dog park 33 Sumner Street
WHO:Mayor Michelle Wu
Brian Swett, Chief Climate Officer
Oliver Sellers-Garcia, Environment Commissioner and Green New Deal Director
Chris Osgood, Director of the Office of Climate Resilience
Local elected officials
Bill Masterson, Executive Director of Tree Eastie
Lindsey Butler, Executive Director of the Green Ribbon Commission
Representatives of Climate Action Plan implementation partners across Boston
East Boston High School Students
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