The MPCA will distribute $500,000 in grants for climate planning projects to small communities with populations of less than 10,000 people. This funding provides an opportunity for these communities to assess vulnerabilities and begin planning for the effects of Minnesota’s changing climate in three areas:
- increased resilience to stormwater and reduce localized flood risk
- improved the resilience of wastewater systems
- reduced human health effects and adapt community services, ordinances, and public spaces to the changing climate
The effects of climate change are being felt across the state from overwhelmed infrastructure, damaged property, dying trees, and culturally important native species to excessive heat, worsening air quality, and other health threats. Minnesota state government is partnering with local communities to assess needs, develop climate-adaptation plans, and make changes so that we are ready for what lies ahead.
Applications are due no later than Friday, Jan. 17, 2025, at 4 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST).