Several northeast Ohio counties will soon have a regional climate action plan with recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that worsen the effects of climate change like extreme heat, severe storms and worsened water quality.

The draft Comprehensive Climate Action Plan was developed by the city of Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating agency for Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina counties. It outlines the current state of emissions in the region, the climate impacts of not reducing those emissions and proposes strategies for reducing emissions from local industry, improving access to public transit and electric vehicle infrastructure, and using more clean energy.

"Climate action is already happening across the Cleveland Elyria metropolitan statistica

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