Climate Action Planning & Targets

Sep28

CHART: Climate change costs and emissions targets [2019]

A team of Brookings researchers examine the geography of climate change with the help of county-level data from the Climate Impact Lab. The data include assessments of climate-change impact in…

Aug8

CA General Plan Guidelines [2017]

The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR) has been engaged in a thorough update of the General Plan Guidelines (GPG). OPR is statutorily required by Government Code Section 65040.2…

Jun30

2019 CA Integrated Energy Policy Report

The California Energy Commission adopts an Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR, pronounced eye’-per) every two years and an update every other year. This proceeding consists of the following dockets: 19-IEPR-01 – General/Scope 19-IEPR-02…

Jun30

REN21 Global Status Report 2019

renewable energy

The Renewables 2019 Global Status Report (GSR 2019) marks 15 years since Bonn2004, the landmark international conference that gave rise to REN21. Then, a “coalition of the willing” came together…

Jun30

State of California Sea-Level Rise Guidance: 2018 Update

best practice, guidance document, OPR, Report, sea level rise

This updated document, the “State of California Sea-Level Rise Guidance” (Guidance), provides a bold, science-based methodology for state and local governments to analyze and assess the risks associated with sea-level…

May15

Vital Signs by Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission

Bay Area, California, Climate Action Planning, energy data, transportation

The San Francisco Bay Area has established an innovative monitoring initiative to track trends related to transportation, land and people, the economy, the environment and social equity. Measurements in these…

May15

National Tree Benefit Calculator

Climate Action Planning, mitigation, tool, trees, urban forestry

The Tree Benefit Calculator allows anyone to make a simple estimation of the benefits individual street-side trees provide. This tool is based on “i-Tree’s” street tree assessment tool called STREETS.…

May15

Marin County’s Award-Winning Sea Level Rise Game to Go on Sale

adaptation, California, climate impacts, game, sea level rise, tool

The “Game of Floods” was developed by the County of Marin as a public education activity on sea level rise adaptation, including traditional flood protection measures such as levees and…

May15

EPA Climate Scenarios Projection Map

adaptation, climate impacts, EPA, maps, resilience, tool

This map provides easy-to-access scenario-based climate change projections drawn from CREAT. The impacts from a changing climate, including extreme heat and more intense storms, present challenges to water, wastewater, and…

May15

USGS Flood Inundation Mapper

adaptation, flooding, inundation, maps, sea level rise, tool

The USGS Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) Program helps communities protect lives and property by providing tools and information to help them understand their local flood risks and make cost-effective mitigation decisions. The…

May15

Bay Area’s Adapting to Rising Tides Project

adaptation, Bay Area, California, infrastructure, resource guide, sea level rise

In 2010, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC) and NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management (NOAA OCM) brought together local, regional, state and federal agencies and organizations, as well…

May15

Climate Central’s Surging Seas Risk Finder

adaptation, California, climate impacts, sea level rise

Climate Central’s Program on Sea Level Rise provides accurate, clear and granular information about sea level rise and coastal flood hazards both locally and globally, today and tomorrow. Anchored in…

May15

NOAA’s Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer

adaptation, California, climate impacts, sea level rise

Being able to visualize potential impacts from sea level rise is a powerful teaching and planning tool. The Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts Viewer, developed by the NOAA…

May15

Cal-Adapt

adaptation, California, climate impacts

Cal-Adapt provides a view of how climate change might affect California. The portal synthesizes volumes of downscaled climate change projections and climate impact research from California’s scientific community. Here you…

May15

Packet: Establishing a Plan to Achieve Energy Code Compliance in Cities

Buildings, Energy Codes, energy data, energy efficiency

1. Establishing a Plan to Achieve Energy Code Compliance in Cities, a new resource developed by the City Energy Project, helps guide U.S. city leadership and their building department leadership…

May15

CoolCalifornia Climate Action Resource Guide

California, Climate Action Planning, resource guide

This page contains tools and resources necessary for conducting a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory and developing a climate action related plan. Climate action planning is an iterative process that generally…