Climate Action – California Climate and Energy Collaborative

The Point of No Return for Climate Action: Effects of Climate Uncertainty and Risk Tolerance

August 31, 2018

In this paper we pose the following question: assume one wants to limit warming to a specific threshold in the year 2100, while accepting a certain risk tolerance of exceeding it, then when, at the latest, does one have to start to ambitiously reduce fossil fuel emissions? The point in time when it is “too…

CivicSpark Fellows for 2018-2019

May 10, 2018

Sarina Soor

CivicSpark, Climate Action, opportunity access, water reliability

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Over the past 3 years, CivicSpark, LGC’s Governor’s Initiative AmeriCorps program, has provided 230,000+ hrs of climate and water capacity-building support to over 140 public agencies. This coming year, the program is offering three thematic tracks: Climate (50 fellows), Water (20 fellows), and a new Opportunity Access track (20 fellows) that will focus on affordable…

County, cities carry on contrarian climate change campaign

March 16, 2018

Sarina Soor

Climate Action, rcpa, resilience, sonoma county

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“As the Trump Administration works to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency and deny human-caused climate change and the State of California keeps suing to preserve west coast environmental protections, the smaller governments of Sonoma County are flying under the radar, steadily attacking their ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by whopping amounts and shifting…

City Council Approves Implementation of Historic Climate Action Plan

March 12, 2018

Sarina Soor

Climate Action, Local Governments in Action

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“Joining 62 U.S. cities which have set targets to meet the federal goal of a 26-27 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by the year 2025, the Pasadena City Council Monday approved a resolution to adopt the Pasadena Climate Action Plan. The wide-ranging, historic plan would amend the Pasadena Municipal Code to…

Communities rise up to draw down on carbon

November 3, 2017

Sarina Soor

Climate Action, decarbonization, Local Governments in Action

“In early October, county residents overflowed the Marin Showcase Theatre in Northern California for Drawdown: Marin. Their purpose: to launch a campaign to put Marin County at the forefront of California’s efforts to reverse global warming by creating a carbon-free community. County Supervisor Damon Connolly greeted those gathered with the core question, ‘What part will you…

How Jerry Brown is planning for raging fires and extreme heat

November 3, 2017

Sarina Soor

Climate Action, resiliency

“As massive fires that would kill more than 40 people ravaged his state last month, California Gov. Jerry Brown met with state emergency officials, jabbing at culprits of the latest disaster. ‘That’s the way it is with a warming climate, dry weather and reducing moisture,” Brown warned. “These kinds of catastrophes have happened, they’ll continue…

Justin Marquez’s Call to Climate Action

November 3, 2017

Sarina Soor

Climate Action, ICLEI, Local Governments in Action

Meet the U.S. People’s Delegation: Justin Marquez Prepares Cities for Renewable Energy