Moving from agenda to action: evaluating local climate change action plans |
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| Authors: | Zhenghong Tang Samuel D. Brody Courtney Quinn Liang Chang Ting Wei |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Community and Regional Planning Program, 302 Architecture Hall, College of Architecture, University of Nebraska – Lincoln , Lincoln , NE , 68588-0105 , USA;2. Environmental Planning &3. Sustainability Research Unit, Hazard Reduction &4. Recovery Center, Department of Landscape Architecture &5. Urban Planning, Texas A&6. M University , College Station , TX , 77843-3137 , USA;7. School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln , 3310 Holdrege St, Lincoln , NE , 68583-0961 , USA;8. Department of Civil Engineering , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Urbana , IL , 61801 , USA |
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| Abstract: | Climate change is conventionally recognised as a large-scale issue resolved through regional or national policy initiatives. However, little research has been done to directly evaluate local climate change action plans. This study examines 40 recently adopted local climate change action plans in the US and analyses how well they recognise the concepts of climate change and prepare for climate change mitigation and adaptation. The results indicate that local climate change action plans have a high level of ‘awareness’, moderate ‘analysis capabilities’ for climate change, and relatively limited ‘action approaches’ for climate change mitigation. The study also identifies specific factors influencing the quality of these local jurisdictional plans. Finally, it provides policy recommendations to improve planning for climate change at the local level. |
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| Keywords: | climate change local jurisdiction action plan quality |
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