Manassas, VA Climate and Sustainability Plan
The City of Manassas, VA, partnered with George Mason University and ICLEI USA to work on a climate and sustainability plan. Our technical experts provided training and direct technical support.
Audubon Florida Local Government Operations Greenhouse Gas Inventory Cohort 2022
Municipalities and counties in the Tampa Bay, Florida Region are looking to improve Climate Action Planning efforts. However, many Florida municipalities are not yet prepared to undertake community-wide efforts. Many prefer to start at the local government level. This cohort introduced participating communities to the local government operations inventory and prepared them for the next […]
Indiana University 2022 Resilience Cohort
Building on the success of last year’s greenhouse gas inventory cohort, the Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute (ERI) desires to partner on a Climate Action Plan (CAP) learn / do cohort session. Last year’s Indiana University Cohort led communities through the creation of Greenhouse Gas inventories. To take the process one step further, communities wanted […]
Pennsylvania Local Climate Action Planning Cohort 2020-2022
Many local governments in the state of Pennsylvania do not have baseline measurements of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions nor the plans to act on that information. Pennsylvania is one of the highest GHG emissions emitting states and the impact of many local governments coming together to conduct climate action plans could have a significant […]
Sustainability Planning Member Cohort
This capacity-building cohort provides structured technical assistance to guide local governments through the steps necessary to develop a Sustainability Plan. A sustainability plan addresses social, economic, and environmental elements of community development and management. Photo by Danist Soh on Unsplash.
Montgomery County, MD Low Emissions Facilities Project
Montgomery County has a very aggressive goal for emissions reduction. They aim to hit 80% reduction by 2027 and 100% reduction by 2030 for government operations. The county needed a plan for their buildings in order to reach this goal. The county provided data regarding energy use in buildings and retrofitting projects that had already […]
Jersey City Climate and Energy Action Plan
Jersey City New Jersey has a long history of incorporating economic, social, and environmental sustainability into its policies and programs. The City recently updated its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory and actively engaged with a group of committed community stakeholders to chart the course for Jersey City’s continued sustainability efforts. Working towards the completion of […]
Iowa Climate Action Planning Cohort
The goal of this project was to help a set of Iowa communities move towards completing a Climate Action Plan. “Spring Sunset on Abbe Hills Rd” by Rich Herrmann is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.