Project News

Planning Commission deliberations on Climate Element scheduled for Sep. 3

Climate element documents are being considered as part of the county comprehensive plan update adoption process. The Planning Commission held a public hearing on the entire updated comprehensive plan on Aug. 20. Thank you to everyone who submitted written comments and provided testimony! The public testimony portion of the hearing has now closed. Next, the Planning Commission will deliberate and make recommendations to the County Council. Those discussions are scheduled to take place on Sep. 3 at 6:30pm. Learn more at this link.

Proposed Climate Element available for review

Thanks to the many hours of work by our project advisory groups and feedback from members of the community on this project. Climate Project advisory group work was completed in early 2025 and county staff prepared Climate Element documents for the adoption process. Policies recommended from project advisory group work were reformatted for the comprehensive plan. You can find these policies integrated into several comprehensive plan chapters.

• View the proposed new climate chapter at this link
• View the proposed comprehensive plan appendix that tracks climate-related policies across all comprehensive plan chapters at the following links: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

Project Overview

With the passage of E2SHB 1181 during the 2023 Washington state legislative session, Clark County is now required to add a Climate Change Element to its Comprehensive Plan by December 31, 2025. This work will be integrated into the 2025 Comprehensive Plan Periodic Review project.

The legislation creates a new mandate for Clark County that crosscuts a lot of topics in the comprehensive plan, like transportation, land use, parks, capital facilities and utilities, environmental, economic development, and adds requirements related to health disparities and environmental justice.

The new Climate Change Element needs to include a greenhouse gas reduction subelement and a resilience subelement. 

The Washington State Department of Commerce developed guidance for local governments to follow as part of this legislation. 

Climate Element Timeline (subject to change):

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Project Advisory Groups

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Additional Information

General project information

• Climate Frequently Asked Questions
  • Climate Frequently Asked Questions
  • Clima - Preguntas frecuentes
  • Климат - Часто задаваемые вопросы
  • 气候 - 常见问
• Clark County Close Up Climate Project Update Video 1
• Clark County Close Up Climate Project Update Video 2

Resilience

• Climate Projections and Impacts 1-Pager
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• Phase 1 Community Engagement Summary: Report – Appendices
• Phase 2 Community Engagement Summary: Report – Appendices

Greenhouse gas reduction

• Climate and Greenhouse Gas 101
• Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report
• Phase 3 Community Engagement Summary: Report – Appendices
• Phase 4 Community Engagement Summary: Report – Appendices