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Climate ready oak park
Join the movement to create a more affordable,
sustainable, and equitable Oak Park.
Credit: Kelly Bauer/Block Club Chicago
Read the plan
On August 1, 2022, Oak Park adopted Climate Ready Oak Park, its first community Sustainability, Climate Action, and Resiliency Plan.
CLOSING SOON: Grow Solar Chicagoland rooftop solar group buy program closing 9/30/22. Learn more
OPENING SOON: IEPA Electric Vehicle (EV) rebate applications open 11/1/22. Learn more
NEW: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) applications reopen on 9/1/22. Learn more
How is climate change impacting oak park right now?
food prices
Warmer, wetter weather in winter and spring create increasing spring planting delays in Illinois. Midwest agricultural productivity is projected to drop to levels of the 1980s.
Longer, hotter summers, poor air quality days, heavy rainfalls, and extended pollen seasons worsen public health. A hotter climate means a greater range of disease-carrying pests and insects.
air pollution
Climate change is causing more frequent and intense rain storms, flooding, droughts, and tornadoes in the Midwest. Worsened rain events stress outdated stormwater and sewer infrastructure; water quality decreases due to overburdened systems.
extreme weather
A quickly warming climate causes native plants and animals to lose habitat and be displaced by environmentally and economically destructive species like Asian Carp and Emerald Ash Borers.
species loss
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