City Based Climate Change Action Plans
Categorized according to continent and in alphabetical order of countries :
Asia and the Pacific
Australia
Australian Capital Territory
Weathering the Change: The ACT Climate Change Strategy 2007-2025
The ACT Climate Change Strategy has a target of a GHG reduction by 60% of 2000 emission levels by 2050 and presented action plan 2007 – 2011 as a first step to meet the target.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050037
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050038
Darebin
Darebin City Council: Climate Change Action Plan
The Darebin City Council’s Climate Change Action Plan has set 20% GHG emission reduction targets in corporation emissions and community emissions on 1995 levels by 2010.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050032
Melbourne
City of Melbourne: Greenhouse Action Plan 2006-2010
City of Melbourne: Greenhouse Action Plan 2006-2010 has set targets to reduce city’s emission by 50 percent by 2010 from 2006.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200711290151
Sydney
Sustainable Sydney 2030 Vision
The city's direct climate change mitigation target is to reduce GHGs emissions by 50% until 2030 and by 70% until 2050 off 1990 levels. Other goals include 100% local energy generation.
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/2030/theplan/Downloads.asp
China
Hong Kong
Green Hong Kong • Carbon Audit
Hong Kong targets a reduction in energy intensity of at least 25% by 2030 (with 2005 as the base year). Since buildings account for about 89% of the electricity consumed in Hong Kong, the Carbon Audit guidelines focus on accounting and reporting of GHG emissions from buildings of commercial, residential or institutional purpose.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200908100004
Japan
Tokyo
Tokyo Climate Change Strategy - A Basic Policy for the 10-Year Project for a Carbon-Minus Tokyo
Tokyo’s Climate Change Strategy aims to reduce 25% of GHG emissions from 2000 levels by 2020.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200803270018
Yokohama
Yokohama Climate Action Plan
Yokohama aims to reduce its GHGs emissions per person by 30% until 2025 and by 60% by 2050. Among the measures to be taken, usage of renewable energy should increase tenfold.
Climate Action Plan:
http://www.city.yokohama.jp/me/kankyou/ondan/plan/codo30/codo30.html
Road Map:
http://www.c40cities.org/docs/ccap-yokohama-road-map-part1.pdf
http://www.c40cities.org/docs/ccap-yokohama-road-map-part2.pdf
The Eco-Model City Project and Future Directions
13 cities were chosen as eco-model cities and carbon emissions' reduction targets were set for each of them.
http://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/tiiki/tkk2009/34naikakukanbou_PM_Eng.pdf
New Zealand
Nelson City
Nelson City Council’s Communities for Climate Protection Programme: Draft Local Action Plan
Nelson City Council’s draft local action plan set a medium term target of stabilising GHG emissions from corporate sector to that of 2004 and from community to that of 2001 by 2012. In the long term, the action plan has set target to reduce 40% GHG emissions from corporate sector from the base year 2004 and 40% from community from the base year 2001 by 2020.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050027
Wellington City
Wellington City Council Climate Change Action Plan: Creating a Carbon Neutral Council and Community
Wellington City Council Climate Change Action Plan has set target to be carbon neutral by 2012, however the new community target has been set to reduce 80% GHG emissions by 2050 from the base year 2003.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050024
Singapore
Singapore’s National Climate Change Strategy
Singapore’s National Climate Change Strategy has not set any target for the GHG reduction, but has put forward following measures to reduce GHG: a) Increasing energy efficiency; b) Using less carbon-intensive fuels; and c) Increasing carbon ‘sinks’ such as forests.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050021
Thailand
Bangkok
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration: Action Plan on Global Warming Mitigation 2007 – 2012
GHG emissions in Bangkok is expected grow from 42.65 million tons CO2 equivalent per year now, to as high as 48.69 million tons CO2 equivalent by the year 2012. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Action Plan on Global Warming Mitigation 2007 – 2012 aims to reduce future GHG emission by at least 15%. These actions, if implement properly, would yield total net GHG emissions in the year 2012 of 38.94 million tons CO2 equivalent, approximately 20% below BAU projections and better than Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s targets prior to the development of this Action Plan.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050020
North America
Canada
Calgary
Calgary Climate Change Action Plan
Calgary Climate Change Action Plan of Calgary has set emission reduction targets are set at two long-term intervals: 1) 20 percent below the 2005 level by 2020; and 2) 50 per cent below the 2005 level by 2050.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050012
Hamilton City
Hamilton: Air Quality and Climate Change Corporate Strategic Plan
Hamilton has set out specific goals related to air quality and climate change as part of vision 2020 which includes 20 percent reduction in GHG emissions of 1994 levels in municipal operations and six percent of 1994 levels City-wide by 2020.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050033
Ottawa
Air Quality and Climate Change Management Plan for the City of Ottawa
Air Quality and Climate Change Management Plan for the City of Ottawa has proposed for a 20% reduction in GHG emissions, relative to 1990 levels by 2012.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050028
Québec
Québec and Climate Change – A Challenge for the Future
The 2006-2012 Action Plan aims to reduce Québec’s GHG emissions by 10 Mt of CO2-equivalent, i.e. 1.5% under the 1990 level.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050017
Toronto
Climate Change, Clean Air and Sustainable Energy Action Plan: Moving from Framework to Action (Phase 1)
Toronto’s reduction targets for GHG emissions, from the 1990 levels of approximately 22 million tonnes per year for the Toronto urban area, are: a) 6% by 2012; b) 30% by 2020; and c) 80% by 2050.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050026
Vancouver
The Cool Vancouver Task Force’s Community Climate Change Action Plan: Creating Opportunities
The Community Climate Change Action Plan for Vancouver has an emissions reduction target of six percent below 1990 levels by 2012 to reflect Canada’s commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050011
USA
Austin, Texas
Climate Protection Plan
The city aims to power all its facilities with renewable energy by 2012, to make the city fleet of vehicles carbon neutral by 2020 and among others to establish a cap for existing utility emissions.
http://www.coolaustin.org/downloads/acpp_res021507.pdf
Bellingham, Washington
City Of Bellingham: Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Climate Protection Action Plan
The City of Bellingham action plan recommends reducing 64% GHG emission from 2000 levels by 2012 and 70% by 2020 for city government and reducing 7% from 2000 levels by 2012 and 28% from 2000 levels by 2020 for the community.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050034
Berkeley, California
City of Berkeley Resource Conservation and Global Warming Abatement Plan
Climate Action Plan
The City of Berkeley’s goal, prepared in 1998, aimed to reduce its GHG emission by 15 percent in the year 2010 which is twice the projected increase of 7.5% in the baseline forecast. In the most recent plan it adopted in June 2009, the "Climate Action Plan", the city aims to reduce GHGs emissions by 80% until 2050, and to 1990 levels by 2020.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050016
http://www.berkeleyclimateaction.org/Content/10058/ClimateActionPlan.html
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago Climate Action Plan
The city of Chicago has set its target to reduce GHG emissions at 80% from 1990 levels until 2050 with the intermediary goal of 25% reductions of 1990 levels by 2020. It proposes to do so through a number of mitigation actions including improvement of buildings energy efficiency and increased renewable energy capacity.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200908100001
Houston, Texas
Houston Emission Reduction Plan
A city with a broad industrial base aims at a 28% reduction in its GHG emissions compared to its BAU scenario for the year of 2010.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200908100005
Los Angeles, California
Green LA: An Action Plan to Lead the Nation in Fighting Global Warming
Green LA has target to reduce the City of Los Angeles' GHG emissions by 35% below 1990 levels by 2030.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050023
New York, New Yok
PLANYC 2030
New York City's GHG discharges are in proportion of 55% displaced and 45% local. The Climate Change mitigation plan of the PLANYC targets a 30% emission reduction of GHGs from NY's 2007 baseline by 2030. Additionally, 10% of the city's annual energy bill is committed to investment in energy-saving initiatives. In order to also meet the increasing energy demands, the plan mentions the facilitation of repowering and construction of new clean power plants and dedicated transmission lines up to a capacity of 3400 MW.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200908100008
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200908100009
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200908100010
Portland, Oregon
Climate Action Plan 2009
The city already achieved emissions of carbon dioxide under 1990 levels by one percent in 2008. It now wants to achieve emission reductions of 80% below the 1990 levels by 2050, with an interim goal of 40% by 2030.
http://www.portlandonline.com/bps/index.cfm?c=41896
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Local Action Plan
Philadelphia intends to achieve a 20% reduction in GHG emissions by 2015 (1990 baseline).
Salt Lake City, Utah
Climate Change Action Planning
In 2008 a joint resolution committing the City to a reduction of its carbon footprint to 20% below the 2005 level by 2020; 50% below the 2005 level by 2040; and, 80% below the 2005 level by 2050. Measures to reduce CO2 emissions include implementing energy conservation measures, employing energy efficiency technologies, and using alternative energy sources.
http://www.slcgov.com/slcgreen/climate/
San Francisco
Climate Action Plan
Annually, the city usually emits 9.7 million tons of CO2 emissions per year. After the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Resolution resolution from 2002, the city committed itself to a greenhouse gas emissions reductions goal of 20% below 1990 levels by the year 2012.
http://www.sfenvironment.org/downloads/library/climateactionplan.pdf
Seattle, Washington
Seattle, a Climate of Change: Meeting the Kyoto Challenge: Climate Action Plan
Seattle’s Climate Action Plan aims at meeting or beating the Kyoto target: a 7 percent reduction by 2012 compared to 1990 levels, which means reducing GHG emissions about 680,000 tons.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050015
Worcester, Massachussetts
City of Worcester, Massachusetts: Climate Action Plan
City of Worcester’s Climate Action Plan has a target to reduce 11% GHG emission reduction below 2002 levels by 2010. However, further measures proposed in the plan can lead to a municipal GHG reduction of approximately 43%.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050013
Mexico
Mexico City
Climate Action Program 2008 - 2012
By 2012 Mexico City aims to reduce its annual GHG emissions with 12%. Around 88% of these emissions are attributed to energy consumption in the form of fossil fuels and electricity used in transportation, industry, trade, housing, or services. In this context, the local government identified as a major potential source of GHG emissions cuts the improvement of the transportation network and of the housing lighting efficiency. The total CO2 equivalent emissions reduction aimed for during the five years period is of seven million tons.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200908100007
South America
Colombia
Bogota
Climate Change General Action Plan
Africa
South Africa
Cape Town
Cape Town Energy and Climate Change Strategy
The Cape Town Energy and Climate Change Strategy does not have target for GHG emissions but has committed renewable energy targets such as 10% renewable energy supply by 2020, and 10% of households with solar water heaters by 2010.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050042
Europe
Denmark
Copenhagen
The city aims to reduce its emissions by 20% off 2005 levels by 2015, meaning a reduction from 2.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide to 2 million tonnes.
France
Paris
Paris Climate Plan
With 2004 as the baseline year, Paris plans to cut emissions of GHGs by 75% until 2050 and by 30% by 2020. Also, it aims to cut down on energy consumption of municipal offices and public lighting and increase the renewable energy capacity by the same percentage.
Italy
Rome
Rome for Kyoto
The Action Plan of Rome defines the actions needed to reach the goal of a 6.5% reduction in CO2 emissions by the year 2012, as compared to the quantity of emissions in the year 1990.
http://www.romaperkyoto.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=40
The Netherlands
Amsterdam
New Amsterdam Climate
Through this plan the city wants to achieve 40% CO2 emissions reductions by 2025, using 1990 level as a baseline. It plans to partially use wind turbines for clean energy production and, among others, to use carbon capture and storage technology for reducing its carbon-print.
http://www.nieuwamsterdamsklimaat.nl/report
Rotterdam
Programme Rotterdam Climate Initiative
The city sets as goals a CO2 emissions reduction of 50% below 1990 levels until 2025. The target should be achieved through cleaner energy production and less demand of it.
http://www.rotterdamclimateinitiative.nl/rci/pers_&_publicaties/programma_rci/?cid=378
Spain
Madrid
City of Madrid Plan for Efficient Use of Energy and Climate Change Prevention
By the year 2020 Madrid wants to achieve a 20% reduction in GHG emissions, 20% build up of the renewable energy capacity, and a reduction in fossil fuel use of the same percentage (from a 2004 baseline).
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200908100006
Sweden
Stockholm
Stockholm's Action Programme on Climate Change
The City’s long-term goal is to be fossil fuel-free by 2050, and the City has now established the GHGs reduction target to 3 tonnes per resident by 2015. So far, the city has had two action programmes against greenhouse gases, throughout the 1995 - 2000 and 2000 - 2005 periods, and has reached its goals on both occasions. On February 23rd 2009, Stockholm was awarded the title of European Green Capital for 2010.
The Action Programme on Climate Change: http://www.stockholm.se/PageFiles/69566/The%20City%20of%20Stockholm%e2%80%99s%20Climate%20Initiatives.pdf
The City of Stockholm's Climate Initiatives: http://international.stockholm.se/PageFiles/145186/The_City_of_Stockholms_Climate_Initiatives%5b1%5d.pdf
Website on the Action Programme: http://www.stockholm.se/KlimatMiljo/Klimat/Stockholms-Action-Programme-on-Climate-Change/
United Kingdom
Brighton & Hove
Climate Change Action Plan for Brighton & Hove
Climate Change Action Plan for Brighton & Hove has taken a target to reduce carbon emissions by 3.5% each year.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050014
Coventry
A Draft Climate Change Strategy for Coventry
The draft Climate Change Strategy for Coventry includes a headline target for the city to reduce CO2 emissions by 67% by the year 2050, using 2003 as the baseline year.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050036
Exeter
Exeter Climate Change Strategy
Exeter Climate Change Strategy aims towards reducing Exeter’s CO2 emissions by 30% by 2020 (184 kilotonnes per annum) from the 1990 baseline.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050039
Gloucester City
Gloucester City: Climate Change Strategy
Gloucester City: Climate Change Strategy (July 2007 to 2010) has been prepared according to meet the target set by South West Regional Planning Guidance; i.e. 20% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2010 and production of at least 11% of electricity from renewable energy sources by 2010.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050025
Leicester
City of Leicester: climate change strategy
City of Leicester: climate change strategy adopted a target of 50% reduction on 1990 levels of CO2 emissions by 2025.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200803270031
Lincoln
City Of Lincoln Climate Change Strategy: Phase 1
The Phase 1 of City of Lincoln Climate Change Strategy has not set any target for GHG reduction.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050041
London
Action Today to Protect Tomorrow: The Mayor’s Climate Change Action Plan
In the 2004 Energy Strategy, the Mayor adopted for London the government’s national targets to reduce carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2050 from 1990 levels. Furthermore, the Mayor’s 2006 draft ‘Further Alterations to the London Plan’ set out the following interim targets: a) 15 percent reduction from 1990 levels by 2010; b) 20 percent reduction from 1990 levels by 2015; c) 25 percent reduction from 1990 levels by 2020; and d) 30 per cent reduction from 1990 levels by 2025.
But, to prevent catastrophic climate change, the Mayor’s revised target for London is to stabilise CO2 emissions in 2025 at 60 percent below 1990 levels, with steady progress towards this over the next 20 years.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050022
Oxford
Oxford Climate Change Action Plan
Oxford Climate Change Action Plan has overall aim to achieve CO2 emission reductions above 60% by 2050 over the 2005 baseline emissions. This long term target is accompanied with the intermediate goals: a) 15% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2010; b) 20% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2015; c) 30% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020 and 40% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2030.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050009
Peterborough
A Climate Change Strategy for Peterborough
A Climate Change Strategy for Peterborough aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 20% by 2011 from the 2003 emission level.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050040
Plymouth
Local Authority Carbon Management Programme: Plymouth City Council’s Strategy and Implementation Plan (SIP)
City of Plymouth aims to reduce annual carbon footprint to 20% of the baseline by 2013 with the assistance of a proactively managed, corporate Carbon Reduction Plan.
http://www.gcp-urcm.org/Resources/R200805050035
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