Strategies
These strategies consist of associated targets, measures, quantified actions, and supporting qualitative actions that the City can use to avoid or reduce future GHG emissions. The dashboard is categorized by five strategies which are: Decarbonization of the Built Environment, Access to Clean and Renewable Energy, Mobility and Land Use, Circular Economy and Clean Communities, Resilient Infrastructure and Healthy Ecosystems, and Emerging Climate Actions.
Each strategy is described and defined under its own strategy page and also includes an abbreviation before the title that is used in identifying the strategy. Underneath the strategy pages, you will also find the associated measures.
Measures
Each measure is a target that has quantifiable measures that include actions, policies, or programs that the City will take to achieve the goals of the Climate Action Plan. Each measure is ranked on feasibility which include: stakeholder acceptability, technical feasibility, ease of implementation, financial viability, and mainstreaming potential. Furthermore, the measures are also ranked on the potential for equitable implementation of actions which include: community benefits & burdens, community empowerment, and addresses historical disparity.
Feasibility
Stakeholder acceptability: Would stakeholders who are impacted (ex: local residents, business owners, or others) support the measure?
Technical feasibility: Will necessary design implementation, and maintenance support be available for the option?
Ease of implementation: Can it be implemented at the local government level, or does it depend upon state, county or national support?
Financial viability: Is it a financially realistic option? Does the City have funding or potential access to funding to cover the costs?
Mainstreaming potential: Could it be integrated with existing City government planning and policy development?
Equitable Implementation
Community benefits & burdens: Can it be implemented in a way that distributes benefits and burdens equitably?
Community empowerment: Can it be implemented in a way to increase community capacity or level of engagement?
Addresses historical disparity: Can it address historical disparities in Communities of Concern (ex: lack of sidewalks or low air quality)?
Feasibility and Equitable Implementation are ranked on a scale of 1-3 which signify the level of feasibility or the potential of a measure to positively impact Communities of Concern. These rankings are shown in the form of three circles underneath the factor. 1 blue circle is low feasibility, 2 blue circles are medium feasibility, and 3 blue circles are high feasibility.
Actions
Particular actions are found underneath measures. You can click on any strategy to start navigating there.
For example: BE. Decarbonization of the Built Environment → BE-1.1 Decarbonize Existing Buildings → BE-1. 1SA-1.
The action in this case is BE-1. 1SA-1.
When reading an action, there will be a progress bar that shows whether the project is not started, in planning, in progress, being implemented, completed, or ongoing. The official description of the action that comes from the Climate Action Plan (CAP) will also be given. Additional information about how the action would help decrease the City’s greenhouse gas emissions will also be outlined.
Under each action, the lead department will be named with the associated measure.