A 62-page draft of the city of Boston’s 2030 Climate Action Plan , released this month, is the first official proposal from the city on the framework that will govern the city’s climate and environmental efforts for the next five years.

It’s not the first climate action plan the city has created — municipal leaders have been conducting this process approximately every five years since 2007 — but officials said that, in many ways, this new plan is intended to be different.

This plan includes a bigger balance of emissions reductions with mitigation efforts.

When it comes to community engagement, the city is taking a different tact, letting public voices into the process earlier in the process.

The final climate action plan, which is set to be released in Spring 2026 and will guide muni

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