Our thanks to Kristen Wraithwall, Yolo County Sustainability Manager, for an insightful and stirring presentation about the County’s 2030 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan during our League’s “Climate and Conversation" event on Sept. 21.

Wraithwall, who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard in environmental science and public policy and a Master of Science from Yale in environmental management, has been working hard to gather feedback from throughout Yolo County through an online survey and in-person discussions over the past several months about residents’ concerns. She shared that 95% of the almost 900 survey respondents to date are worried about how climate is impacting their lives through wildfires/smoke, drought, heat, flooding, and more.

Fortunately for us, Yolo County is at the forefront of planning for and working toward mitigating the many effects of climate. Wraithwall is working with public agencies and institutions, community-based organizations, businesses and industries, and communities and the public in general throughout Yolo County to chart a path toward achieving a county-wide goal of reaching net-negative carbon emissions by 2030, and ensuring that vulnerable, marginalized, and historically underserved communities are central in the process.

Wraithwall, who was enthusiastic and detailed in her responses to all questions, had only one request for the audience: reach out to others and encourage them to share their concerns and insights about how climate is affecting their lives and livelihoods.

For more information, visit the county's website at https://www.yolocounty.org/.../2030-climate-action....

Learn more about LWV Woodland’s Climate Change Position and Advocacy at https://my.lwv.org/california/woodland/recent-issues/climate-change