Provided by: The City of Grand Rapids |Published on: February 9, 2026
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Synopsis
This video from The City of Grand Rapids summarizes the Grand Rapids Commission meeting that discussed the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) adopted by the city.
This video is about a minute and a half long, and runs through the purpose of the CAAP, some of the goals in the plan, some steps to achieve these goals, including policies and incentives, and the next steps for the plan's implementation.
This video is extremely brief and can easily be used in classrooms short on time.
Students will benefit from having the gist of the climate action plan provided in this format.
Prerequisites
Students should be familiar with climate change, its causes, and its impacts.
Differentiation & Implementation
The speaker in this video talks very quickly, so students may benefit from adjusting the video playback speed.
Teachers can use this video as an introduction for an activity where students read the climate action plan or pieces of it. The pdf of this plan can be found in this resource.
Students can use this video as a quick reference when the climate action plan is mentioned in other articles or materials they encounter in class.
As the video plays, students can note some of the measures and policies mentioned to research further.
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