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The City of Cleveland Mayor's Office of Sustainability is taking steps to update both the community-wide Climate Action Plan (CAP) and its Municipal Action Plan (MAP), which covers city operations. Originally developed in 2013, the CAP and MAP have been instrumental in helping Cleveland chart a course toward sustainability and resilience. With the changing climate and its growing impacts on communities, it is essential to update and enhance these plans to ensure they remain effective in mitigating climate-related challenges. In recent years, Cleveland has witnessed an alarming increase in extreme weather events, including severe storms, flooding, and extreme heat, and these threats will likely have significant long-term impacts on the city's economy and public health. The goal of the CAP and MAP updates is to ensure our objectives, goals, and actions are science-based, represent changing community priorities, and meet the current and growing need to mitigate and adapt to climate change. While selecting actions for the Climate Action Plan update, the Mayor's Office of Sustainability will build on the previously created Climate Action Racial Equity Tool. Starting in 2023, the Mayor's Office of Sustainability completed various elements of its CAP and MAP updates. These included the development of a Regional Decarbonization Pathways Analysis, which explores various pathways for the City to achieve decarbonization by 2050. The City has also updated the greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories for both the CAP and MAP and drafted a Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment to better understand which Cleveland communities are affected by climate change and what climate hazards should be prioritized in the Climate Action Plan (such as extreme heat, flooding, and changes to Lake Erie). Beginning in Spring 2024, the office worked with stakeholders to identify potential mitigation and adaptation actions for the CAP and MAP and is in the process of continuing community and employee engagement throughout the summer months. The Design and Communications Consultant will build upon existing work by creating engaging and visually compelling plans and visual materials for the updated CAP and MAP. The goal is to ensure that the plans are not only information and convey actions to be taken but also cohesive, accessible, and appealing to a wide audience. Other previously done planning efforts and studies, such as the Circular Cleveland Roadmap, Cleveland's Clean and Equitable Energy Future, and Cleveland Comprehensive Environmental Policy Platform will help inform this plan update. Last Day to Submit Provider Questions: August 14, 2024, 5:00 pm The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time