Lesson
Part of: City Climate Action Planning
What Makes a Good Climate Action Plan?
BOOKMARK
Good climate action planning is:
 | Ambitious: Setting goals and implementing actions that evolve iteratively towards an ambitious vision. |
| Inclusive: Involving multiple city government departments, stakeholders, and communities (with particular attention to marginalized groups) in all phases of planning and implementation. |
| Fair: Seeking solutions that equitably address the risks of climate change and share the costs and benefits of action across the city. |
| Comprehensive and integrated: Coherently undertaking adaptation and mitigation actions across a range of sectors within the city, as well as supporting broader regional initiatives and priorities of higher levels of government when possible and appropriate. |
| Relevant: Delivering local benefits and supporting local development priorities. |
| Actionable: Proposing cost effective actions that can reasonably be implemented by the actors involved given local mandates, finances, and capacities |
| Evidence-based: Reflecting scientific knowledge and local understanding, and using assessments of vulnerability and emissions and other empirical inputs to inform decision making. |
| Transparent and verifiable: Following an open decision-making process and setting goals that can be measured, reported, independently verified, and evaluated. |
