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Local Climate Action Planning (Paperback, 3rd Ed.)
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Local Climate Action Planning (Paperback, 3rd Ed.)
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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.
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