The city of Boston plans to buy only electric vehicles and increase access to cooling spaces during periods of extreme heat under a new five-year climate plan released Monday.
The plan detailed the steps the city plans to take by 2030 to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets, as well as to strengthen the city’s defenses against the growing threat of climate change.
“This is Boston’s first climate action plan that not only targets carbon emissions, but also gives us actionable goals to increase resilience against extreme weather and sea level rise,” said Brian Swett, Boston’s chief climate officer, at an unveiling of the new plan Monday morning in East Boston’s LoPresti Park…