Milwaukee city leaders Wednesday took a step to address climate change and racial inequalities in the city.The Milwaukee Financial and Personnel Committee voted unanimously to advance the plan to the full common council. "As previous have highlighted, the climate crisis is a pervasive issue facing not only our city but our country and our shared world," said Nicole, who is a first-generation college student. The proposed changes to the city's climate policy feature "10 big ideas," including electrifying transportation, making homes more energy efficient and more green spaces."To see the city have a real plan which is division, and we have a double crisis city here because of the inequality," said Robert Craig, who supports the plan."While we all face the effects of climate change, we do not all those effects are not felt by all equally," Nicole said. The first step in the plan addresses racial and economic equity by creating green jobs and recruiting local people of color."At a high level, number one is about green jobs. This is about educating the public about what the opportunities are, providing transitional job opportunities so people can get paid while they train for these opportunities," said Eric Schamburger, the director of environmental sustainability for the city of Milwaukee. The plan looks to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050."The only way to do this is to make the jobs more available to people locked out of the economy, which is primarily brown and Black people in Milwaukee. This plan is visionary," Craig said."It will be such a cleaner place for everybody as we increase population and build a city that we want to see, I think we go from surviving to thriving," Milwaukee Alderwoman Marina Dimitrijevic said. The future of this proposal is now in the hands of the Milwaukee Common Council. It will take this up for a final vote on June 20.