Kent E. Portney
Research and Publications: Climate Action Library
The "Our Green Cities" Climate Action Plan and Green House Gas Inventory Library
As part of any city's efforts to try to become more
sustainable, Climate Action represents an important set of
policies and programs. This library contains the Climate Action
reports from the 55 largest and a few other large U.S. cities.
Our hope is that making these reports available through one
central resource will facilitate analysis and comparisons across
cities. Our plan is to add to and update this library as cities
release new materials.
Most cities have a single report that includes its most recent
Climate Action Plan and its Green House Gas Inventory. Typically
the former provides a comprehensive overview of all the
programs, policies, and activities of the municipal government
and other governmental entities that seek to reduce carbon
emissions and equivalents. The latter presents the city's
estimates of what its annual emissions are and how they compare
to some baseline year (usually 1999), using one of the
established GHG inventory protocols. They also show how much
progress has been made to reduce or "mitigate" those emissions.
Some reports also include city efforts at "climate adaptation" –
ways the city plans to respond to the predicted effects of
rising temperatures. A few cities' climate action plans are only
available as part of a broader comprehensive city plan or
sustainability plan. We could not locate climate action plans of
any sort for five cities, as noted below.
To use this library, simply click on the city of interest. If
only one city report is available, it will open. If more than
one report is available, you will see a list of your choices.
Clicking on the choice will open that report.
U.S. Cities' Climate Action Plans
|
City |
PDF Link
to Climate Action Plan(s) |
| Albuquerque
|
Climate Plan |
| Alexandria |
Climate Plan |
| Arlington,
TX |
Climate Plan:
Green practices |
Carbon Footprint |
| Atlanta
|
Climate Plan |
| Austin |
Climate Plan:
2010 |
2009
|
2008 |
2007 |
| Baltimore
|
Climate Plan |
| Berkeley,
CA |
Climate Plan |
| Boston |
Climate Plan |
| Charlotte
|
Climate Plan |
| Chicago
|
Climate Plan:
Action Plan |
2010 Progress Plan |
| Cleveland
|
Climate Plan |
| Colorado
Springs |
No plan |
| Columbus
|
Climate Plan |
| Dallas |
Climate Plan |
| Denver |
Climate Plan |
| Detroit
|
No plan |
| El Paso
|
Climate Plan:
Foot Print Report |
Sustainability Plan |
| Eugene, OR |
Climate Plan |
| Fort Worth
|
Climate Plan: Intro Summary
|
Progress Report |
| Fresno |
Climate Plan |
| Hawaii |
Climate Plan |
| Honolulu
CDP |
Climate Plan |
| Homer, AL |
Climate Plan |
| Houston
|
Climate Plan |
|
Indianapolis |
Climate Plan |
|
Jacksonville |
No plan |
| Kansas
City, MO |
Climate Plan |
| Keene, NH
|
Climate Plan |
| Las Vegas
|
Climate Plan |
| Long Beach
|
Climate Plan |
| Los Angeles
|
Climate Plan:
Summary |
Full Plan |
|
Louisville/Jefferson City metro |
Climate Plan |
| Memphis
|
Climate Plan |
| Mesa |
Climate Plan |
| Miami, FL
|
Climate Plan |
| Milwaukee
|
No plan |
| Minneapolis
|
Climate Plan:
2005 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
|
Nashville-Davidson metro |
Climate Plan: 2009
|
Progress 2009 |
Progress 2010 |
| New York
City |
Climate Plan:
2010 |
Chapter 6 |
| Oakland, CA
|
Climate Plan |
| Oklahoma
City |
No Plan |
| Omaha |
Climate Plan |
|
Philadelphia |
Climate Plan: 2010
|
2007 |
| Phoenix
|
Climate Plan |
| Portland,
OR |
Climate Plan:
2009 |
2010 |
| Raleigh
|
Climate Plan |
| Sacramento
|
Climate Plan:
Overview |
Plan |
| San Antonio
|
Climate Plan:
Progress |
Plan |
| San Diego
|
Climate Plan |
| San
Francisco |
Climate Plan |
| San Jose
|
Climate Plan |
| San Rafael,
CA |
Climate Plan |
| Santa Ana
|
Climate Plan |
| Seattle
|
Climate Plan |
| St. Louis
|
Climate Plan |
| Tampa |
Climate Plan:
Resolution |
Plan |
| Tucson |
Climate Plan:
Inventory |
Report |
| Tulsa |
Climate Plan |
| Virginia
Beach |
Climate Plan |
| Washington,
D.C. |
Climate Plan |
| Wichita
|
No plan |
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