Los Angeles is taking innovative approaches to dealing with the issue of Climate Change.  Be it reducing emissions on a smaller city wide level to the large scale county wide level, Los Angeles in many ways is working to create a more environmentally conscious way of life.  Below are just some of the ways LA demonstrates these efforts 

1. Office of Planning & Research- CEQA and Climate Change Technical Advisory

 

2. California Air Resources Board- Local Government Toolkit

 

3. Climate Action Team- 2010 CAT Report

 

4. Strategic Growth Council- Climate Change Proposed Scoping Plan

 

5. Natural Resources Agency- California Climate Adaptation Strategy

 

6. Attorney General's Office- Global Warming

 

7. California Air Pollution Control Officers Association- Model Policies for Greenhouse Gases in General Plans

 

8. California Air Pollution Control Officers Association- CEQA & Climate Change

 

9. County of Los Angeles- LA County General Plan Update; Climate Planning & Emissions Inventory

 

10. County of Los Angeles- Countywide Energy & Environmental Policy

 

11. City of Los Angeles- GreenLA Climate Action Plan

 

12. Port of Los Angeles- Port of LA Inventory of Emissions

 

13. Port of Los Angeles- Clean Trucks Program

 

14. Port of Los Angeles- San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan- 2010 update

 

15. Arcadia- Commercial Recycling Program

 

16. Azusa- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report

 

17. Gardena- Municipal Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Report

 

18. Lomita- Municipal Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Report

 

19. Palos Verdes Estates- Municipal Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Report

 

20. LACTMA- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cost Effectiveness Study

 

21. Southern California Public Power Authority- 2009 Annual Report

 

22. Los Angeles Unified School District- LAUSD Climate Report

 

23. Southern California Association of Governments- SB 375 Regional Implementation Process

 

24. San Gabriel Valley SCAG- SB 375 Target Setting Process

 

25. Southern California Gas- Climate Action Initiative

 

26. Climate Plan- Resources page

 

27. The Climate Action Reserve- Climate Action Reserve Program Manual

 

28. CoolCalifornia.org- Tips to Develop a Climate Action Plan

 

29. Claremont McKenna- Climate Action Implementation Plan

 

30. LaVerne- Air Quality Analysis

 

31. San Dimas- Greenhouse Gas Inventory

 

32. Pomona College- Climate Action Plan

 

33. Loyola Marymount University- LMU Climate Action Plan

 

34. UCLA- Climate Action Plan

 

35. USC- Climate Action Plan

 

 

Additional Resources:

 

 

1. The City of Berkeley Builds Resilience by Addressing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in its Climate Action Plan

 

2. Incorporating Adaptation to Climate Change in Pinole’s General Plan Update

 

3. California Climate Adaptation Strategy

 

4. Our Changing Climate: A Summary Report from the California Climate Change Center

 

5. California Climate Risk and Response

 

6. Scenarios of Climate Change in California: An Overview

 

7. Preparing for the Impacts of Climate Change in California: Opportunities and Constraints for Adaptation

 

8. Climate Change Impacts Report 

 

9. Projected Effects of Climate Change in California: Ecoregional Summaries Emphasizing Consequences for Wildlife

 

10. Indicators of Climate Change in California

 

11. Emissions Pathways, Climate Change and Impacts on California 

 

12. Climate Change and the Future of California’s Endemic Flora and Fauna 

 

13. Climate Change in California: Choosing Our Future

 

Published: Saturday, November 19, 2011