Policies + Plans - Climate Change

Los Angeles is taking innovative approaches to dealing with the issue of Climate Change.  Be it reducing emissions on a smaller city wide level to the large scale county wide level, Los Angeles in many ways is working to create a more environmentally conscious way of life.  Below are just some of the ways LA demonstrates these efforts:

  1. Climate Action Team - 2010 CAT Report

  2. Strategic Growth Council - Climate Change Proposed Scoping Plan

  3. Natural Resources Agency - California Climate Adaptation Strategy

  4. Attorney General's Office - Global Warming

  5. County of Los Angeles - Countywide Energy & Environmental Policy

  6. Arcadia - Commercial Recycling Program

  7. Southern California Public Power Authority - 2009 Annual Report

  8. Los Angeles Unified School District - LAUSD Climate Report

  9. Southern California Association of Governments - SB 375 Regional Implementation Process

  10. San Gabriel Valley SCAG - SB 375 Target Setting Process

  11. Southern California Gas - Climate Action Initiative

  12. Claremont McKenna - Climate Action Implementation Plan

  13. Pomona College - Climate Action Plan

  14. Loyola Marymount University - LMU Climate Action Plan

  15. UCLA - Climate Action Plan

  16. Unincorporated Los Angeles County Community Climate Action Plan

  17. Port of Long Beach: Climate Adaptation and Coastal Resiliency Plan

Additional Resources:

  1. Cool California - Tips to Develop a Climate Action Plan

  2. Climate Plan - Resources page

  3. The Climate Action Reserve - Climate Action Reserve Program Manual

  4. The City of Berkeley Builds Resilience by Addressing Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation in its Climate Action Plan

  5. Incorporating Adaptation to Climate Change in Pinole’s General Plan Update

  6. California Climate Adaptation Strategy

  7. Our Changing Climate: A Summary Report from the California Climate Change Center

  8. California Climate Risk and Response

  9. Scenarios of Climate Change in California: An Overview

  10. Preparing for the Impacts of Climate Change in California: Opportunities and Constraints for Adaptation

  11. Climate Change Impacts Report

  12. Projected Effects of Climate Change in California: Ecoregional Summaries Emphasizing Consequences for Wildlife

  13. Indicators of Climate Change in California

  14. Climate Change and the Future of California’s Endemic Flora and Fauna

  15. Climate Change in California: Choosing Our Future

Please note: LARC is not currently maintaining this list, but would gladly accept suggestions for changes or additions. Please contact us.

The California Climate Action Plan Database (CCAP Database) contains more than 250 city and county climate action plans (CAPs) in California. The CCAP Database was created and is maintained by Professors Michael R. Boswell, Ph.D. and Adrienne Greve, Ph.D. of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.