UDI, the Trust for Public Land, and other partners have built a new urban lands carbon management analysis and decision support tool that can analyze data to project where and how much carbon we can capture and what critical life support services—reducing extreme heat, absorbing stormwater, reducing air pollution—this carbon drawdown can achieve.

The GCAP outlines ten goal areas and 15 measurable targets to guide Vancouver toward becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020. The plan was approved by City Council in 2011. Since then, 80% of the high priority actions named in the plan have been completed.

Scientists project that Vancouver will experience increased annual precipitation and temperatures, with hotter, drier summers…Adaptation refers to actions taken to respond to the impacts of climate change by taking advantage of opportunities, or reducing the associated risks.

A Vision Plan to Complete and Sustain the San Luis Obispo Greenbelt.

Boulder natural areas represent a major existing carbon sink. Intact topsoil and standing vegetation contain millions of tons of sequestered carbon. Preventing land conversion and reducing the impacts of fires and floods are critical strategies for keeping this carbon and out of the atmosphere.