Draft Buffalo Niagara Comprehensive Climate Action Plan
The Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC) invites the public to review and comment on its Draft Buffalo Niagara Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP).
In 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) awarded GBNRTC a Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CRPG) to develop a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP) for Erie and Niagara Counties. The draft CCAP, entitled “10 Big Actions to Reduce Emissions in Buffalo Niagara”, builds off of the Buffalo Niagara Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) developed in 2024 and lays out a suite of strategic moves that the region can pursue over the next 25 years to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The draft CCAP is the result of more than eighteen months of research, data analysis, and engagement with a broad array of stakeholders and community members across Erie and Niagara Counties. Along with 10 Big Actions themselves, the draft plan includes an updated Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory for all sources of GHG emissions in Buffalo Niagara (2024), future emissions scenarios and emission reduction targets, and a toolkit for local governments, businesses, community-based organizations, and individuals/households that identifies steps each sector can take to contribute to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the region.
Public comments will be received for 30 days from 9/4/25 until Close of Business (COB) on 10/6/25.
To review and learn more about the draft Buffalo Niagara Comprehensive Climate Action Plan visit:
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If you have any additional questions or comments please email us at staff@gbnrtc.org, or contact us at the address and telephone number below.