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Climate Action Planning
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Author : Michael R. Boswell
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2019-07-16
Climate Action Planning written by Michael R. Boswell and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-16 with Architecture categories.
Climate change continues to impact our health and safety, the economy, and natural systems. With climate-related protections and programs under attack at the federal level, it is critical for cities to address climate impacts locally. Every day there are new examples of cities approaching the challenge of climate change in creative and innovative ways—from rethinking transportation, to greening city buildings, to protecting against sea-level rise. Climate Action Planning is designed to help planners, municipal staff and officials, citizens and others working at local levels to develop and implement plans to mitigate a community's greenhouse gas emissions and increase the resilience of communities against climate change impacts. This fully revised and expanded edition goes well beyond climate action plans to examine the mix of policy and planning instruments available to every community. Boswell, Greve, and Seale also look at process and communication: How does a community bring diverse voices to the table? What do recent examples and research tell us about successful communication strategies? Climate Action Planning brings in new examples of implemented projects to highlight what has worked and the challenges that remain. A completely new chapter on vulnerability assessment will help each community to identify their greatest risks and opportunities. Sections on land use and transportation have been expanded to reflect their growing contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. The guidance in the book is put in context of international, national, and state mandates and goals. Climate Action Planning is the most comprehensive book on the state of the art, science, and practice of local climate action planning. It should be a first stop for any local government interested in addressing climate change.
Local Climate Action Planning
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Author : Michael R. Boswell
language : en
Publisher: Island Press
Release Date : 2011-11-23
Local Climate Action Planning written by Michael R. Boswell and has been published by Island Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-23 with Architecture categories.
Climate change is a global problem, but the problem begins locally. Cities consume 75% of the world's energy and emit 80% of the world's greenhouse gases. Changing the way we build and operate our cities can have major effects on greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, communities across the U.S. are responding to the climate change problem by making plans that assess their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and specify actions they will take to reduce these emissions. This is the first book designed to help planners, municipal staff and officials, citizens and others working at local levels to develop Climate Action Plans. CAPs are strategic plans that establish policies and programs for mitigating a community's greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. They typically focus on transportation, energy use, and solid waste, and often differentiate between community-wide actions and municipal agency actions. CAPs are usually based on GHG emissions inventories, which indentify the sources of emissions from the community and quantify the amounts. Additionally, many CAPs include a section addressing adaptation-how the community will respond to the impacts of climate change on the community, such as increased flooding, extended drought, or sea level rise. With examples drawn from actual plans, Local Climate Action Planning guides preparers of CAPs through the entire plan development process, identifying the key considerations and choices that must be made in order to assure that a plan is both workable and effective.
Justice In Climate Action Planning
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Author : Brian Petersen
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-12-01
Justice In Climate Action Planning written by Brian Petersen and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-01 with Science categories.
This edited volume examines how climate action plans engage justice at the scale of the city. Recent events in the United States make the context particularly ripe for a discussion of justice in urban climate politics. On the one hand, the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, George Floyd’s death, and the prominence of racial discrimination in the public realm have mainstreamed the notion of justice. On the other hand, the dire consequences of increased frequency and severity of climate events on vulnerable segments of urban populations are undeniable. While some cities have been proactive about integrating justice in their climate action planning, in most places an explicit and systematic link between both spheres has been lacking. This book explores this interface as it seeks to understand how cities can respond to climate change in a just way and for just outcomes. While resilience strategies based on “development” may engage historic inequities, they may at the same time result in marginalizing certain populations through various processes, from mismatched solutions to outright exclusion and climate gentrification. By identifying how certain populations are included in or excluded from climate action planning practices, the chapters in this volume draw on case studies to outline the differential outcomes of climate action in American cities, also proposing a template for comparative work beyond the US. The authors tackle the debate about how justice is or is not integrated in climate action plans and assess practical implications, while also making theoretical and methodological contributions. As it fills a gap in the literature at the intersection of justice and climate action, the book produces new insights for a wide-ranging audience: students, practitioners, policy-makers, planners, the non-profit sector, and scholars in geography, urban planning, urban studies, environmental studies, ecology, political science, or anthropology. Along five axes of investigation―theory, resilience, equity, community, and comparison as method―the contributors offer various pathways into the intersection between urban climate action and different understandings of justice. Collectively, they invite a reflection that can lead to practical initiatives in climate mitigation, while also advancing the theorization of social justice to account for the urban as a node where (in)justice plays out and can be addressed with significant results.
Icap A Climate Action Plan
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Author : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Icap A Climate Action Plan written by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
National Climate Change Strategy Action Plan 2013 2020
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Author : Namibia. Ministry of Environment and Tourism
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
National Climate Change Strategy Action Plan 2013 2020 written by Namibia. Ministry of Environment and Tourism and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Adaptation to change categories.
National Climate Change Action Plan 2013 2017 Vision 2030
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
National Climate Change Action Plan 2013 2017 Vision 2030 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Climatic changes categories.
How To Develop A Climate Action Plan Cap In Southeast Asia Malaysia
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2022
How To Develop A Climate Action Plan Cap In Southeast Asia Malaysia written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with categories.
The Global Covenant of Mayors in Southeast Asia (GCoM SEA) supports Malaysian local authorities in the climate challenge and in their efforts in building more sustainable and resilient communities. It is the "regional covenant" of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM). Under the GCoM SEA, local authorities are invited to take a voluntarily political commitment to implement climate and energy actions in their communities and to agree on a long-term vision to tackle the three pillars of the initiative: access to energy (not developed in the current guidebook), climate mitigation and climate adaptation. In order to translate the political commitment into practical measures, GCoM SEA signatories have also to commit to elaborating and implementing a Climate Action Plan (CAP). This guidebook has been prepared to assist Malaysian local governments in preparing coherent and effective Climate Action Plans by means of step-by-step guidance and examples of measures especially relevant for the local authorities working in the Malaysian context. The Guidebook is coherent with the Global Covenant of Mayors Common Reporting Framework (CRF) even if the specific choice and sequence of actions can vary according to the policies and measures already in place. This flexibility allows Malaysian local governments to develop a CAP that is consistent with their local circumstances and objectives. It should be noted that this document stems from the previous experience of the Joint Research Centre's (JRC) in Europe and other regions of the world (see for example the JRC report: JRC113786 ""How to develop a Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (CAP) in Sub-Saharan Africa and the JRC112986 "Guidebook - How to develop a Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plan" released in 2018). It is worth mentioning that the present guidebook also contains an initial overview of the current state of resources of local governments in Malaysia in climate action planning, covering two main aspects: 1) statutory, policy and institutional framework for local climate action planning; and 2) finance, human resources and infrastructures capacity of local governments in climate action planning. This initial overview serves as a basis and should assist the Malaysian local governments in developing a climate action plans (CAPs) according to the general principles set out in the GCoM Common Reporting Framework (CRF). Thanks to this exercise in resources mapping it has also been possible to reconstruct the chronological development of low carbon and climate change issues and consideration in Malaysia. Although concerns about climate change have been incorporated in Malaysia since 1980s, local authorities and State government still have to face many challenges to implement effective climate action plan. In particular, there is a gap between the higher level policies and local development planning, pointing to the urgency for local authorities in relying on clear guidance for localising and mainstreaming higher level climate actions into concrete local level development policies. Funding, human capital, infrastructure and information technology have been widely recognised as the non-technical barriers to climate change mitigation and adaptation planning, which is particularly apparent at the local government level. In this context, the CAPs developed at the local level could play the role of "critical links" between the local, national and global climate change responses and initiatives.
Evaluating Climate Chanage Action Plans
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Author : James C. White
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Evaluating Climate Chanage Action Plans written by James C. White and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Technology & Engineering categories.
The atmospheric scientists of the world are in general agreement that the threat of climate change is real, inevitable, and serious. The accumulation of greenhouse gases, principally CO from burning fossil fuels, is the main cause. 2 At the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, 166 nations signed the Framework Convention on Climate Change and agreed to draw up plans to contain greenhouse gases at 1990 levels. Never in world history had so many nations agreed on anything. . Developing these plans has not been easy and no two countries have had the same circumstances and conditions to meet. Countries have not approached their problems in the same manner and many nations find the task almost impossible to solve under the ground rules set up in Rio. This volume contains the papers presented at a meeting organized by the Center for Environmental Information and held in Washington, D.C., November 30 to December 2, 1994. The principal aim of the meeting was to evaluate the U.S. and other national climate action plans which had been released a few weeks before. Specifically, these papers concentrate on an overview of the U.S. plan; the perspec tives of business, industry, electric utilities, and environmental organizations; mitigation actions in various plans; integrated assessment; an overview of plans from various nations; and the need to amend the convention. The meeting was sponsored and cosponsored by 35 governmental agencies, environ mental groups, industrial organizations, and educational institutions.
Climate Mitigation Quick Start Guide Milestone Three
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Author : ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-04-10
Climate Mitigation Quick Start Guide Milestone Three written by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-10 with categories.
This Quick Start Guide helps local government sustainability and planning professionals create a Climate Action Plan that enables local progress toward a clear and measurable reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.A Climate Action Plan is a description of actions, policies, programs, and projects to reduce GHG emissions. The plan conveys both the overarching vision and a detailed roadmap to guide local efforts. The Climate Action Plan can stand alone or be incorporated into another plan or document your local government is preparing such as a sustainability plan, comprehensive plan, or energy plan.This Quick Start Guide will help you create a plan that serves as a framework that documents, coordinates, and measures your local government's efforts moving forward. It will also help you create a plan that is actionable via a timeline, financing, and assignment of responsibility to departments or staff.This Quick Start Guide is the third in a series to assist local governments to understand and act to reduce their impact on climate change. Creating a Climate Action Plan is the third step in a framework developed by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI) called the "Five Milestones for Climate Mitigation".
Colorado Climate Action Plan
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Colorado Climate Action Plan written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Carbon taxes categories.