Northbrook's Climate Action Plan (CAP) is Northbrook's mission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions community-wide and foster sustainability. 

After a community-based planning effort, the Village Board adopted the CAP in August 2021. Since then, the Library, School Districts 28 and 30 have all signed onto the CAP. For the Village, the Sustainability Commission and the Board's Sustainability Committee are responsible for overseeing CAP implementation. 

Share your thoughts on the CAP via this online form; comments are automatically submitted to the Sustainability Coordinator and forwarded to all members of your selected committee or commission.   

2020-2021 CAP Planning Team Meetings

November 9, 2020

Video / Minutes

December 14, 2020

Video / Minutes

January 11, 2021

Video / Minutes

February 8, 2021

Video / Minutes

March 1, 2021

Minutes 

March 8, 2021

Video / Minutes

April 12, 2021

Video / Minutes

2020 Environmental assessment reports by paleBLUEdot, LLC

Climate Action Baseline Assessment & Strategy Goal Recommendations

Community Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Climate Vulnerability Assessment

Solar Renewable Energy Potentials Study

Tree Survey & Carbon Sequestration

2021 Final Draft CAP Survey Summary Report

In summer 2020, Northbrook received over 400 initial CAP survey respondents. In June 2021, 40 supporters attended the CAP Open House at Village Hall and over 200 online reviewers commented on the final Draft CAP. The meeting recording to view the Climate Action Plan proposed to the Board of Trustees with public hearing is available at this link.