Climate Ready DC 2.0 Launch Event

Celebrate Climate Ready DC 2.0, the District’s plan to prepare for extreme weather and natural hazards, including extreme temperatures, flooding, severe storms, wildfires and other climate events.

Attendees will learn about the new plan and hear from an array of District agencies and community leaders about ongoing initiatives to prepare the District for the impacts of climate change.

The District is already experiencing these impacts. Long-term changes in global temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and other atmospheric phenomena have serious consequences for the District. In the past several years, the District has seen record-breaking extreme weather, higher tides caused by rising sea levels, heavy rains and flooding, warmer average temperatures, and two to three times as many dangerously hot days than in decades past.

A joint effort between DOEE and HSEMA, CRDC 2.0 presents the District’s long-term vision to adapt to changing weather patterns and a short-term action plan to reduce risk to the District in the next few years.

Agenda

• Welcome and Introduction

• Staff presentation on CRDC 2.0

• Lightning-round presentations on climate readiness initiatives

• Q&A

• Closing remarks

• Networking

Accessibility

The Department of Energy and Environment is committed to making our events accessible to all District residents. To request an accommodation or inquire about accessibility, please include your request in the registration form. To allow us sufficient time to effectively address any accessibility accommodation requests, please do so by Friday, October 23rd.

Directions and Parking

The Balcón space is located on the second floor of La Cosecha at 1309 5th St NE Washington, DC 20002. Take the stairs or elevator from the main La Cosecha hall up to the second floor.

Find transportation options to the Union Market District here.

There are three (3) Capital Bikeshare stations within Union Market District (on 6th Street NE across from The Market, on 5th Street NE & Florida Ave NE, on Florida Ave NE & 4th Street NE). There is an additional Capitol Bikeshare station near Gallaudet at 8th Street NE and Florida Ave NE.

Most public garages and lots around Union Market District offer three hours free, including The Batley / La Cosecha garage (turn at Morse St & 4th St), then $10/hr thereafter.