This newsletter is written by the King County Executive Climate Office (ECO) in coordination with departments across the county. You can learn more about us at the bottom of this newsletter.
Join King County this week for several PNW Climate Week events!

This week is “PNW Climate Week”- a community-driven effort to highlight local climate action and make connections with other people interested in a cleaner, healthier future. Join King County for our "Leading Locally" panel on Friday and learn how governments are combining knowledge, resources, and advocacy power to increase mobility, invest in renewable energy, expand farm and forest protection, and promote clean energy use in buildings and vehicles.
Register here: bit.ly/k4cpanel
And don't forget- you can join us the night before at the Coalition for Climate Careers (C3) Reception to connect with local changemakers and learn more about connecting frontline communities to climate career opportunities! Register here and keep reading to learn about the Climate and Workforce Strategy we’ll be highlighting.
King County ECO launches new heat and health data explorer tool

This week is a warm one! Interested in learning more about how different areas of King County are impacted by heat?
The King County Executive Climate Office (ECO) just launched a new tool in partnership with Public Health of Seattle-King County and the King County Office of Emergency Management that makes it easy to visualize that information!
Visit our website to view a tutorial video and give it a try. Some questions this tool can help you answer are…
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Where are the hottest parts of my community?
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What is the relationship between the hottest parts of the county and disparities in health and socioeconomic status?
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Where should I focus efforts to conduct educational outreach to residents at higher risk of heat impacts?
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Where should I focus tree planting efforts?
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How can I visually show heat exposure and risk to funders, decision makers, and other audiences?
More time to apply for our Community Buildings Decarbonization RFA!
 Due to timing impacts of the July 4th holiday, King County is extending the application window for our RFA for technical assistance and program design consultant support to decarbonize community buildings.
More information is available here.
Strategic Climate Action Plan, food justice work featured in the Seattle Medium

"The farm community really loves this idea of partnering with hunger relief organizations to make sure that the food that they grow is available to all residents of the county."
Thanks to The Seattle Medium for covering an action in the Executive-proposed Strategic Climate Action Plan (SCAP)! Want to learn more about why food security is a climate issue and what we hope to do about it in King County? Check out the “Food Systems and Security” portion of the Sustainable and Resilient Frontline Communities section of the SCAP! You can also...
Learn about King County’s Climate and Workforce Strategy at a PNW Climate Week event!

King County’s Climate and Workforce Strategy outlines a path to connect frontline communities to living-wage opportunities, building a skilled and diverse workforce across the career spectrum. It includes an approach to:
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Leverage the transition to a clean energy economy to grow careers
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Build accessible bridges to living-wage employment in frontline communities affected by climate change
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Invest in local industry networks, and
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Equip King County employees to contribute to climate action
Green Globe Awards celebrate local environmental stewardship

King County Executive Shannon Braddock recently honored this year’s Green Globe Award winners — a group of local leaders, organizations, and public servants who are advancing environmental stewardship across the region.
From expanding access to green, affordable housing to restoring salmon habitat and building a circular economy, these award recipients exemplify what it means to take climate action at the local level. Awardees included:
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Lynda Mapes, Environmental Catalyst
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Growing for Good, Local Food Economy
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Bike Works, Circular Economy
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Villa Comunitaria, Clean Water
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Homestead Community Land Trust, Green Built Environment
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Conservation Futures Advisory Committee, Land Conservation
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Golden Bricks Events, Outdoor Recreation
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Charlotte Spang, Salmon Recovery
Weigh in on Link light rail for South King County!

As Link light rail extends south as soon as 2026, King County Metro’s South Link Connections mobility project continues to work on improving public transportation in south King County.
In response to what King County Metro heard from community members and partners in Algona, Auburn, Burien, Des Moines, Federal Way, Kent, Normandy Park, Pacific, SeaTac, Tukwila and parts of unincorporated King County, Metro is excited to share an updated transit network proposal.
Are you familiar with the King County Executive Climate Office (ECO)? Here’s a little more about who we are, and what we do:
Departments across King County implement climate action within their work. King County ECO elevates, coordinates and accelerates those efforts and manages several in-house programs. That includes work on building decarbonization, climate preparedness, climate equity and building a clean energy workforce. Our agenda is set based on the approaches laid out in the Strategic Climate Action Plan.
ECO works with the broader King County Climate Team, which includes climate leads from different departments.
Please share this newsletter with a friend, and we’ll be back in August with more news and updates. Until then, you can find us on Instagram and LinkedIn!
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