Subject Archives

  • How Small Communities Can Boost Climate Action Through Regional Collaboration

    Emi Do

    A 600-person community in St. Louis County is part of a coalition of municipalities that have worked together to address shared priorities. Their success can provide clues on how to implement the local climate actions necessary to achieve regional climate targets.

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    How to use data to advance your community’s climate agenda

    Emi Do

    Struggling to communicate how climate action drives community-wide benefits? This webinar explores how energy and emissions data can help tell a story that will help staff, councils, and senior leaders understand the case for action.

  • SSG’s CH4 Pathways Tool Recognized with APA Award

    Emi Do

    The CH4 Pathways Tool, developed by SSG and the Global Methane Hub, is helping national and regional governments in South America cut methane emissions. Now, it has won the Policy, Law, and Tool Award from the American Planning Association’s Sustainable Communities Division.

  • Five Reasons To Be Hopeful About Climate Action in 2025

    Emi Do

    SSG staff work with inspiring and thoughtful changemakers across the Americas every day—it’s one of many reasons we’re hopeful about reducing pollution and building climate resilience in 2025.

  • Q&A: Andres Pica Téllez on Chile’s Seminal Climate Action Law

    Emi Do

    Andres Pica Téllez, who championed climate planning across Latin America with SSG, was appointed the Head of the Climate Change Division in Chile’s Ministry of Environment. He now plays a central role in implementing a law that requires every municipality to develop a climate action plan.

  • Almost Every US State Has a Climate Action Plan!

    Emi Do

    Over the past two months, over 100 cities, states, and Tribes have filed Priority Climate Action Plans (PCAPs). They outline “shovel-ready” actions that local governments can take to reduce climate pollution. What do these PCAPs mean for climate action in the US?

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    How to Reduce Urban Consumption Emissions

    SSG

    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…

  • How Two American Cities Integrated Federal Funding Into Their Climate Action Plans

    Emi Do

    SSG collaborated with Lakewood, Ohio and Ames, Iowa to identify the role of specific federal funds through detailed financial modeling. They are, to our knowledge, the first municipalities to account for federal funding from the Infrastructure Bill and Inflation Reduction Act in their climate action plans—setting them up to save hundreds of millions of dollars by…

  • Webinar: Advancing Climate Action with Federal Funding

    SSG

    In this webinar, experts from C40 Cities and climate planning consultancy SSG provide guidance on applying for federal grants. They also explain how to design an effective climate action plan to make you competitive for a slice of the $4.6-billion set aside for implementing climate actions through the CPRG program and the many other federal…

  • Climate Action Planning Quickstart Guide for States & Metro Regions

    SSG

    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.