Acknowledgements
The Mayor would like to thank the hundreds of individuals, businesses and organizations that came together to create the Chicago Climate Action Plan. Special thanks go to the Chicago Climate Task Force, which provided leadership and expertise, and to the individuals cited below.
Chicago Climate Task Force
Sadhu A. Johnston
Chief Environmental Officer and
Deputy Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Chicago, co-chair
Adele Simmons
Vice Chair, Chicago Metropolis 2020 and
President, Global Philanthropy Partnership,
co-chair
Ellen Alberding
The Joyce Foundation
Michael Berkshire
Chicago Department of Planning and Development
Scott Bernstein
Center for Neighborhood Technology
Timothy H. Brown
Delta Institute
Mary Gade
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Bill Gerwing
BP America
Karen Greenbaum
Nixon Peabody, LLP
Geoffrey Hewings
Regional Economics Applications Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Karen Hobbs
Chicago Department of Environment
Helen Howes
Exelon
Richard Lanyon
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Mary Laraia
Aspen Institute
Jack Lavin
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Howard Learner
Environmental Law and Policy Center
Kevin Lynch
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 134
Suzanne Malec-McKenna
Chicago Department of Environment
Jim Mann
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation
Ronald E. Meissen
Baxter International, Inc.
Charles L. Owen
Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology
Raymond T. Pierrehumbert
Department of the Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago
Patrick Sarb
Allstate Administration and Real Estate
Doug Scott
Director, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Rebecca Stanfield
State Director, Environment Illinois
Donald Wuebbles
Professor and Interim Director, School of Earth, Society, and Environment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research Advisory Committee
John Larsen
World Resources Institute
Nancy Cole
Union of Concerned Scientists
Russ Fostiak
Fostiak Engineering, LLC
William Moomaw
Tufts Institute of the Environment
Susanne Moser
Institute for the Study of Society and Environment,
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Communications Committee
Mary Dempsey
Chicago Public Library, chair
Wendy Abrams
Cool Globes
Clare Butterfield
Faith in Place
Fred Carter
Black Oaks Sustainability Project
Donna Cicinelli
Chicago Department of Environment
Kendal Gladish
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Karen Greenbaum
Nixon Peabody, LLP
Michael Howard
Eden Place
Marilyn Katz
MK Communications
Mary Krinock
Museum of Science and Industry
Peter Kuntz
Chicago Humanities Festival
Larry Merritt
Chicago Department of Environment
David Mosena
Museum of Science and Industry
Colleen Sarna
Sierra Club
Finance Committee
Diane Swonk
Mesirow Financial, chair
Ellen Alberding
The Joyce Foundation
Timothy H. Brown
Delta Institute
Jack Lavin
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Ed Miller
Legacy Fund
David Narefsky and Lorraine Tyson
Mayer Brown
Jerry Roper and Michael Mini
Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce
Paula Crown
Crown Family Funds
Richard Sandor
Chicago Climate Exchange
Paul Volpe
City of Chicago, Mayor’s Office
Joel Freehling
ShoreBank
Craig Sieben
Sieben Energy Associates
Gary Wood
BOMA Foundation
Climate Impacts and Adaptation Research Team
Leaders
Donald Wuebbles
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Katharine Hayhoe
Texas Tech University, Atmos Research
Craig Faris
Oliver Wyman
Richard Lewis
MWH
Emissions Inventory, Mitigation Research and Economic Benefits Team Leaders
Peter Haas, Jennifer McGraw, and Linda Young
CNT
Timothy H. Brown
Delta Institute
Geoffrey Hewings
Regional Economic Applications Laboratory at University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana
Report
Preparation
Lipman Hearne
With assistance from: Edelman and CBD
Dozens of
city staff representing the following
departments and sister agencies
also
worked to craft the final plan.
City of Chicago
Mayor’s Office
Environment
Aviation
Budget
Buildings
Fire
Fleet Management
General Services
Housing
Human Services
Innovation and Technology
Law
Office of Emergency Management and Communications
Planning and Development
Police
Procurement Services
Public Building Commission
Public Health
Streets and Sanitation
Transportation
Water Management
Chicago Housing Authority
Chicago Park District
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Transit Authority
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
Global Philanthropy Partnership
Adele Simmons
President
Julia Parzen
Climate Project Leader
Funding
Support
The Clinton Foundation
The Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
The Joyce Foundation
The Grand Victoria Foundation
The Legacy Fund
The Chicago Community Trust
The Nathan Cummings Foundation
The City of Chicago
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Climate
Impacts Report
CONVENING LEAD AUTHORS
Katharine Hayhoe
Texas Tech University, ATMOS Research
Donald Wuebbles
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CHAPTER LEAD AUTHORS
Jessica Hellmann
University of Notre Dame (Ecosystems)
Barry Lesht
Argonne National Laboratory (Water)
Knute Nadelhoffer
University of Michigan (Ecosystems)
CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
Max Aufhammer
University of California at Berkeley (Energy)
Keith Cherkauer
Purdue University (Water)
Thomas Croley II
NOAA Great Lakes Research Laboratory (Water)
Scott Greene
University of Oklahoma (Health)
Tracey Holloway
University of Wisconsin–Madison (Air Quality)
Louis Iverson
United States Forest Service (Ecosystems)
Laurence Kalkstein
University of Miami (Health)
Jintai Lin
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Air Quality)
Momcilo Markus
Illinois State Water Survey (Water)
Stephen Matthews
United States Forest Service (Ecosystems)
Norman Miller
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (Climate, Energy)
Jonathan Patz
University of Wisconsin–Madison (Health)
Matthew Peters
United States Forest Service (Ecosystems)
Anantha Prasad
United States Forest Service (Ecosystems)
Marilyn Ruiz
University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign (Health)
Nicole Schlegel
University of California at Berkeley (Climate)
Scott Sheridan
Kent State University (Health)
Scott Spak
University of Wisconsin–Madison (Air Quality)
Jeff Van Dorn
ATMOS Research (Climate, Water)
Steve Vavrus
University of Wisconsin–Madison (Climate, Water)
Lew Ziska
USDA Agricultural Research Service (Ecosystems)
Economic
Impact Analysis
of Climate Change for the City of Chicago
Craig Faris
Oliver Wyman Director
Viktor Cicvara
Oliver Wyman Consultant
Mark Robson
Oliver Wyman Consultant
John Rogula
Oliver Wyman Consultant
Sophia Papaefthimiou
Oliver Wyman Consultant
Matthew Taylor
Marsh
Center for Neighborhood Technology Emissions Report
Jennifer McGraw
CNT Climate Change Program Manager
Peter Haas, Ph.D
CNT Analytic Director
Anne Evens
CNT Director, CNT Energy
Linda Young
CNT Research Manager
Matthew Cunningham
CNT Analyst
RESEARCHERS
Albert Benedict
Suzanne Carlson
Harley Cooper
Cindy Copp
Amanda Escobar-Gramigna
Paul Esling
William Eyring
Ben Helphand
Marjorie Isaacson
Larry Kotewa
Emily Metz
Janice Metzger
Rachel Scheu
Anthony Star
Lindy Wordlaw
WRITERS AND EDITORS
Nicole Friedman
Editor
Scott Bernstein
Ruth Klotz-Chamberlin
Nicole Gotthelf
Tim Lang
Emily Metz
Kathrine Nichols
Jill Siegel
Annette Stahelin
Kathryn Tholin