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California Climate Action for Health: Integrating Public Health into Climate Action Planning
February 2012by: Solange Gould, Kathy DervinThis guide offers recommendations on how to integrate public health into climate action plans. -
Climate Action Planning Framework
March 2020This guide offers a framework to help communities develop climate action plans aligned with the Paris Agreement’s objectives. -
Climate and Health Adaptation Planning Guide for Michigan Communities
October 2020by: Wayne Beyea, AICP, Bradley Neumann, AICP, Lorraine CameronThis guide offers information to help municipalities in Michigan develop climate and health adaptation plans or integrate climate and health into existing programs. -
CMAP, IL, Climate Adaptation Guidebook for Municipalities in the Chicago Region
June 2013This guide offers information to help municipalities in the Chicago metropolitan region develop adaptation plans to address the impacts of climate change. -
Climate Change Adaptation Through Local Comprehensive Planning: Guidance for Puget Sound Communities
February 2017by: L Hansen, Stacey Nordgren, Eric MielbrechtThis guide provides information to help Puget Sound communities incorporate climate-informed decisions in their comprehensive plans. -
Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning
November 2011by: Andrew Schwarz, Suzanne Marr, Karen SchwinnThis guide presents information to guide decision-makers in incorporating adaptation and mitigation practices into watershed and water supply planning processes. -
California Climate Change Communication Guide
March 2020This guide contains communication best practices to help agencies and organizations advance collaboration between partners and the public to address climate change. -
Why Climate Change Action Cannot Succeed Without Social Equity
San Diego UrbDeZine, March 8, 2016by: Murtaza Baxamusa, AICPThis blog post critiques climate action plans, and the sustainability framework, for not meaningfully engaging with social equity. -
Community-Driven Climate Resilience Planning: A Framework
October 2017by: Rosa Gonzalez, Taj James, Jovida RossThis guide provides a framework for a community-driven planning process that builds on the experiences and information of those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. -
Oregon Cool Planning: A Handbook on Local Strategies to Slow Climate Change
September 2010by: David Siegel, FAICP, Mitch Rohse, Joe Dills, AICPThis guide provides information to help planners, planning commissioners, community organizations, elected officials, and developers reduce their communities’ greenhouse gas emissions through community development, land use, and transportation planning. -
Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories
2014by: Wee Fong, Michael Doust, Ana MarquesThis guide offers a framework to help communities calculate and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. -
Florida Adaptation Planning Guidebook
June 2018This guide provides information to help planners develop or update adaptation plans in Florida communities to address the impacts of climate change. -
Guide to Equitable, Community-Driven Climate Preparedness Planning
May 2017by: Tina Yuen, Eric Yurkovich, Lauren GrabowskiThis guide belongs to the Climate Change and Social Equity collections. -
Making Equity Real in Climate Adaptation and Community Resilience Policies and Programs
August 2019by: Sona Mohnot, Jordyn Bishop, Alvaro SanchezThis guide provides information to help policymakers and agencies integrate equity into policies and programs that address climate adaptation and resilience. -
Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning
2015by: Rafael Tuts, Robert Kehew, Alexander AylettThis guide presents principles to help cities reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to climate change. -
Guide to Climate Change Adaptation in Cities
2011by: Elizabeth Willmott, Missy Stults, Eric ChuThis guide provides information to help cities implement adaptation strategies to address the impacts of climate change. -
Planning Framework for a Climate-Resilient Economy
April 2016by: Megan Susman, Rosemary MonahanThis guide provides a framework to help communities assess their economic vulnerability to climate change and establish strategies to become more resilient to issues. -
King County, WA, Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments
September 2017by: Amy Snover, Ron Sims, Michelle WymanThis guide for local, regional, and state-level governments contains recommendations of processes, resources, and tools for planning for climate change preparedness. -
Small and Rural Communities Climate Action Guidebook
2021by: Adlar Gross, Megan MeaneyThis guide provides information to help small and rural communities develop and implement strategies for mitigating the impacts of climate change. -
GCCG, CA, Climate Adaptation Model General Plan Language
December 2018This model plan provides a template to help communities develop climate adaptation plans. -
Recurrent Flooding and Social Vulnerability: A Model Ordinance
February 2017by: Sarah EdwardsThis article and model ordinance belongs to the Climate Change and Hazard Mitigation collections. -
Alameda, CA, General Plan 2040
Adopted November 2021This comprehensive plan belongs to the Climate Change and Urban Heat Resilience collections. -
MAPC, MA, Sample Climate Zoning Language for Somerville
June 2019This model ordinance provides a template to help communities address climate change issues through climate zoning. -
Broward County, FL, Broward Next
Adopted March 2019The county’s comprehensive belongs to the Climate Change, Hazard Mitigation, and Shared Mobility collections. -
Fort Lauderdale, FL, Advance Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan
Adopted November 2020The city’s comprehensive plan contains a Climate Change Element with core principles of addressing the impacts of climate change from a holistic perspective, reducing the impacts of climate change through mitigation strategies, and recognizing and utilizing the opportunities brought forth by climate change. -
Everett, WA, Comprehensive Plan
Updated January 2021The city’s comprehensive plan contains several climate mitigation and adaptation goals and policies in its Climate Change and Sustainability chapter. -
Edina, MN, 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Adopted August 2020The city’s comprehensive plan addresses the impacts of climate change in its Energy and Environment chapter. -
Lakewood, WA, Comprehensive Plan
Updated August 2021The city’s comprehensive plan contains an Energy and Climate Change chapter with policies to help the city respond to climate change impacts. -
Las Vegas, NV, Master Plan 2050
Adopted July 2021The city’s comprehensive plan contains several goals to help the city address the impacts of climate change. -
Oklahoma City, OK, PlanOKC
Updated December 2017This comprehensive plan belongs to the Capital Improvements Programming and Climate Change collections. -
Somerville, MA, SomerVision 2040
Adopted October 2021The city’s comprehensive plan addresses climate change mitigation and adaptation in its Climate and Sustainability Chapter. -
Tompkins County, NY, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted March 2015This comprehensive plan belongs to the Climate Change and Wind Energy collections. -
Warren, MI, Master Plan
Adopted January 2021The city’s comprehensive plan addresses climate change impacts in its Resiliency Chapter. -
Wilmington, DE, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted December 2019The city’s comprehensive plan contains a Sustainable and Resilient City Section with strategies to address the impacts of climate change. -
Alexandria, VA, Environmental Action Plan 2040
Adopted July 2019This functional plan includes several goals, targets, and actions to help create a more sustainable future for the city of Alameda, CA, and its residents. -
Alameda, CA, Climate Action and Resiliency Plan
Adopted 2019This functional plan contains goals and strategies to help the community mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. -
Anchorage, AK, Climate Action Plan
Adopted May 2019This functional plan establishes the community’s goal to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change. -
Austin, TX, Climate Equity Plan
Adopted September 2021This functional plan includes the city’s vision to reach net-zero community-wide greenhouse emissions using a racial equity lens. -
Aspen, CO, Climate Action Plan
Adopted December 2017This functional plan includes actions to help the city reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. -
Boston, MA, Climate Action Plan
Updated October 2019This functional plan presents the city’s climate change progress and sets new targets for carbon reduction. -
Chapel Hill, NC, Climate Action and Response Plan
Adopted April 2021This functional plan presents goals, challenges and opportunities, and actions to help the town and community reduce and prepare for the impacts of climate change. -
Bellingham, WA, Climate Protection Action Plan
Updated 2018This functional plan presents Bellingham’s government and resident-driven actions to address the impacts of climate change. -
Boston, MA, Climate Ready Report
https://www.boston.gov/departments/environment/preparing-climate-change#reportThis functional plan and report contains strategies to help Boston communities adapt to climate change risks. -
Boulder, CO, Climate Action Plan
Updated June 2021This functional plan presents objectives and targets to help the city address climate change. -
Fort Collins, CO, Our Climate Future Plan
Updated March 2021This functional plan contains strategies to address climate change, waste, and energy goals while centering equity and building resilience. -
Evanston, IL, Climate Action and Resilience Plan
Adopted November 2018This function plan contains actions to help the city achieve its goals to reduce the impacts of climate change and build resilience to its risks. -
Evansville, IN, Climate Action Plan
Adopted December 2020This function plan contains several actions to help the city reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. -
Prince George, BC, Climate Change Mitigation Plan
Adopted May 2020This functional plan contains strategies to help the city mitigate the impacts of climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and protecting natural resources with carbon-capturing potential. -
Cleveland, OH, Climate Action Plan
Updated 2018This functional plan presents goals and actions to help the city mitigate and adapt to climate change. -
Missoula County, MT, Climate Ready Missoula
Adopted May 2020This functional plan contains adaptation goals strategies to help the county address the impacts of climate change.