Green New Deal Data Dashboard
Dive into the metrics on each Green New Deal priority area.
Boston’s Green New Deal is putting into action projects, programs, and partnerships that make visible changes in our daily lives. Each section below features key indicators of progress the city and our residents can see and track. These data points are being tracked to inform and measure tangible progress as we work to advance projects and set policies with the Green New Deal that enhance the climate, justice and quality of life in our neighborhoods. Where possible, we break the data down by neighborhood.
Building Decarbonization
Buildings account for approximately 70 percent of Boston’s greenhouse gas emissions. 85 percent of our current square footage will still exist in 2050, building decarbonization is crucial to achieving net-zero emissions.
Transportation
Public transportation, cycling, and walking are core to Boston’s zero-carbon transportation future. We must also rapidly transition away from cars, trucks, and buses that rely on fossil fuel energy sources.
Clean Energy
Clean energy procurement and generation are essential to fully decarbonize our buildings, vehicles, and public transit.
Resilience and Nature
Expanding our urban tree canopy, building up our green stormwater infrastructure, and constructing a more resilient coastline will help secure a sustainable future for Boston.
Workforce
The City of Boston’s investments in decarbonization and resilience will require a green and diverse workforce with the skills required to reduce emissions in our buildings, transit, and agriculture systems. Our local partnerships and initiatives are improving access to City procurement opportunities and green job training programs.
*Upon the completion of the Green New Deal Workforce Needs Assessment, workforce metrics will be added below.
Funding
To accomplish our climate and equity goals, the City is actively pursuing federal funding opportunities as they become available—including from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). The GND Federal Funding Dashboard shares what opportunities the City of Boston has been awarded, is actively applying for, is pending an award decision, and is waiting to hear more information about to determine eligibility.
The GND Federal Funding Dashboard demonstrates the potential impact that each federal funding opportunity has on our five GND Dashboard priority areas and tracks what we have applied to, and won, so far. Each tab of the GND Federal Funding Dashboard shows the following information:
- Awarded: Federal funding opportunities the City of Boston applied for as the lead applicant and subsequently received.
- Pending & Upcoming: Federal funding opportunities the City of Boston has applied for and is awaiting a response from the relevant federal agency, is considering applying to, is actively working on an application for, or is waiting for additional details.
- Indirect Funding: The City of Boston is collaborating with community or state partners to pursue federal funding opportunities. These partnerships, where the City contributes to the application or supports its submission, aim to benefit Boston and its residents. Successful applications could result in funding subawards for the City.
GND Map
Explore location-based data for available metrics
GND MAPAdditional Information
More InfoA description of each of the GND metrics can be reviewed in the Metrics Glossary, found below:
Various City and State departments have additional data dashboards that can provide additional information and context to our progress towards becoming a Green New Deal city. In addition, the Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT) runs Analyze Boston, the City's open data hub that holds various datasets for the public to review.
Select data files can be downloaded from the Green New Deal Google Drive
