2025 marks the 10th year since Napa Climate NOW!, a grassroots nonprofit organization, was started by local residents who wanted to do something about global warming. We’ve learned a lot, and identified countless ways to reduce climate pollution and increase our community’s resilience to climate change.
Working with local partners has made taking action more effective — and more fun! Here are some highlights:
Working with government
Napa Climate NOW! provided extensive comments to help shape the Regional Climate Action and Adaptation Plan by the Napa County Climate Action Committee, an advisory body made up of elected representatives from the county and its municipalities. At our urging, the scope of climate drivers was expanded to include “black carbon,” a highly potent short-lived “super-pollutant” that degrades air quality and impacts the health of our citizens and crops as well as the climate. We also pressed to have carbon sequestration added to the plan, shining a light on carbon removal by our natural and working lands. More…
