Southern Maine Climate Action Workshop - 2025

Join Southern Maine Planning and Development Commission and University of New England this autumn for our second annual Southern Maine Climate Action Workshop! This event is designed to bring together municipalities, organizations, and communities from across Southern Maine in support of collaboration towards meaningful local climate action, from planning to implementation.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, November 12th, 2025

Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (morning refreshments and lunch provided)

Location: University of New England - Harold Alfond Forum, Room 283.

Free parking is available in the large lots adjacent to the Harold Alfond Forum. If navigating via GPS, enter: 630 Pool Street, Biddeford, ME 04005 to be directed to attendee parking.

Agenda

Workshop session topics will include regional grid resilience, nature-based strategies for coastal resilience, local climate policy and ordinance development, and more! Full agenda available here.

Sign up for the Explore UNE Biddeford’s Proposed Living Shoreline site walk session. Maximum 20 participants.

Registration Fee

To help cover costs of organizing this event, we kindly ask attendees who are attending on behalf of a municipality or organization to pay a $30 registration fee. However, this registration fee is not intended to serve as a barrier to community member participation, or for municipalities and organizations with limited budgets. Please select the registration fee that works best for your situation!

UNE and high school students: Please complete your registration using the "Student" ticket option at no cost.