From action to enaction: Task force members Kiana Flores, Latha Swamy,
Sixteen citizens will help New Haven figure out how to end community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2030.
The 16 have been named to a Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force, created as part of a climate-change resolution the Board of Alders passed at the behest of local youth activists.
One of those activists, Co-op High School student Kiana Flores, is among the 16.
“I am excited to be on this task force, so that we can work on preserving our environment and cutting our carbon emissions by implementing sustainable practices and providing public awareness on climate change to our greater community,” Flores said in a release issued Tuesday by the mayor’s office.
The 16 members include three alders, a city official who has spearheaded green-energy projects (Engineer Giovannia Zinn), a former campaign opponent of Mayor Justin Elicker (Seth Poole), as well as activist and city official Latha Swamy, the city’s food system policy director and an EcoHealth Alliance member who serves as planetary health advisor to Ernesto Zedillo, the former Mexican president who directs Yale’s Center for the Study of Globalization.
Here’s the full list of members announced Tuesday:
Kai Addae
Alder Darryl Brackeen
Joaquin Dominguez
Kiana Flores
Karen Jenkins
Melissa Kops
Alder Adam Marchand
Seth Poole
Linda Reeder
Alder Carmen Rodriguez
Jodi Sherman, M.D.
Latha Swamy
Brian Thompson
Michael Twitty
Giovanni Zinn
Yining (Tracy) Zhou