Sustainability Policy & Practices

Jul18

ZEV Action Plan Priorities – 2018 Update

In January 2018, Governor Brown signed Executive Order B-48-18, setting ambitious targets of 200 hydrogen fueling stations and 250,000 electric vehicle chargers to support 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) on…

Sep4

Best Practices: Adopted Reach Codes

State law establishes a process that allows local adoption of building energy standards that are more stringent than statewide standards, sometimes called reach codes. Local governments can adopt and enforce…

Sep4

Guide for Funding of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations [2017]

electric vehicles, funding

The Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) has created a guide to help you navigate the funding options for plug-in electric vehicle charging infrastructure. It is designed to…

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…

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

Climate Communications and Behavior Change: A Guide for Practitioners

climate change, communications

Climate Communications and Behavior Change: A Guide for Practitioners is a guidebook, developed by the Social Capital Project of the Climate Leadership Initiative, that draws on extensive global warming, behavior…

May15

California Climate Adaptation Strategy (2013)

adaptation, California, guidance

In 2009, California adopted a statewide Climate Adaptation Strategy (CAS) that summarizes climate change impacts and recommends adaptation strategies across seven sectors: Public Health, Biodiversity and Habitat, Oceans and Coastal…

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

CA Governor’s Office of Planning and Research Technical Advisory Council

adaptation, California, planning, policy

The ICARP Technical Advisory Council facilitates the development of holistic, complimentary strategies that increase California’s resilience to climate change, advance equity and environmental justice, and benefit both greenhouse gas emissions…