5 Reasons Cities Should Include Trees in Climate Action
Beyond mitigation, urban trees and forests can boost cities' resilience, reduce inequity, improve health and provide myriad other benefits.
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Beyond mitigation, urban trees and forests can boost cities' resilience, reduce inequity, improve health and provide myriad other benefits.
Many communities in the U.S. are developing Climate Action Plans (CAPs) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and achieve carbon neutrality. While many CAPs focus on the energy, transportation and waste sectors, most do not consider the role forests and trees play in the fight against climate change. This is because planners have lacked the data and clear guidance needed to include them in GHG inventories, which CAPs are based.
Building on the updated Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (GPC), this webinar — organized by World Resources Institute (WRI), C40 Cities, and ICLEI — presents a new, globally-standardized, and flexible methodology that will allow cities and communities to estimate CO2 emissions and removals from forests and trees.
City of San Antonio TX : releases research and results related to climate action 04/08/2021 | 02:34pm EDT Send by mail : Message : covid19media@sanantonio.gov Michelle Vigil, City of San Antonio (210) 207-8172 SAN ANTONIO - (April 8, 2021) - Today, the Office of Sustainability reported the results of the City of San Antonio's 2019 Greenhouse Gas Inventory. As outlined in the SA Climate Ready Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, an inventory is to be completed every two years. The inventory quantifies greenhouse gas emissions generated by the San Antonio community within the municipal b...
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