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A New Tool for Sustainable Land-use Decisions

Emi Do

December 17, 2024

Guidance, Innovation and Tools

The free Land Use Impact toolkit includes an MS Excel add-in to help cities compare the financial and emissions impacts of land-use decisions, as well as a guidebook on cost-effective, low-emission planning.
How Caledon’s Green Development Standards Promote Climate-Friendly Growth

SSG

August 27, 2024

Guidance, Insights, Policy, Uncategorized

Even as Caledon’s 76,500-strong population is set to triple in the next 30 years, the Town aspires to reduce the community’s greenhouse gas emissions to net zero. How can it reduce greenhouse gas issues and tackle environmental and social problems while the community grows?
We Developed a Step-by-Step Climate Action Guide With IDB

SSG

December 11, 2023

Guidance, Policy, Uncategorized

We worked with the Inter American Development Bank to develop Planning Climate Action in Cities and Region, a guide for local governments in Chile and beyond.
How to Reduce Urban Consumption Emissions

Kayla Rakes

November 1, 2023

Guidance, Policy

Most urban climate action plans focus on greenhouse gas emissions generated within a city’s boundaries resulting— from things like heating buildings, fueling cars, and decomposing trash. But emissions related to other everyday activities like eating out at restaurants, traveling on an airplane, purchasing a new phone, and construction of new buildings are also driving the…
Climate Action Planning Quickstart Guide for States & Metro Regions

SSG

April 14, 2023

Guidance

SSG has published a Climate Action Planning Quickstart Guide to demystify the CPRG and provide guidance to US communities on how to develop a climate action plan.

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Category Archives: Guidance

A New Tool for Sustainable Land-use Decisions

How Caledon’s Green Development Standards Promote Climate-Friendly Growth

We Developed a Step-by-Step Climate Action Guide With IDB

How to Reduce Urban Consumption Emissions

Climate Action Planning Quickstart Guide for States & Metro Regions