Flooding and Rockville's Climate Action Plan

Rockville’s first Climate Action Plan (CAP) was approved by resolution by the City of Rockville Mayor and Council on Jan. 10, 2022. The CAP provides a road map to equitably reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and prepare the community to adapt to a changing climate.

The plan is meant to set the city on a path to meet at least 50% emissions reductions (from 2005) by 2030, approach carbon neutrality by 2050, and protect the community from climate-related effects. The CAP contains 42 actions to guide city policies, programs, plans and investments over the next five to ten years to achieve three goals: carbon reduction, equity, and resiliency.

One of the 42 actions recommended in the plan is to “assess Rockville’s risk of flooding and develop a Flood Resiliency Master Plan to reduce or mitigate flood impacts.” The Flood Resiliency Master Plan project stemmed from that recommendation to go beyond FEMA risk maps.