The STAR Community Index is a framework developed by ICLEI-USA to help local governments measure and advance sustainability across the three pillars of environmental, economic and social equity. It provides a standardized rating system for communities to track their performance, identify areas for improvement, and foster competition and innovation around sustainability goals. The STAR Community Index was built with input from over 160 volunteers and has engaged 10 pilot communities to test its tools and online platform.
The W+ Standard is a unique certification label developed by WOCAN that endorses projects that create increased social and economic benefits for women participating in economic development or environment projects, including those that provide renewable energy technologies, time and labor saving devices, forest and agriculture activities, and employment opportunities.
The W+ is thus an innovative framework to quantify and monetize the social capital created by women, to recognize and reward their contributions to sustainable environments and communities.
The W+ measures women’s empowerment in six domains: Time, Income & Assets, Health, Leadership, Education & Knowledge and Food Security. It produces quantified women-benefit units that contribute towards post 2015 Sustainability Goals (SDGs), Climate Financing or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) targets.
www.wplus.org
WOCAN’s mission is to advance women’s empowerment and collective action to tackle climate change, poverty, and
food insecurity within enabling environments
Development and implementation of a community based monitoring and evaluation...ILRI
Presented by Harrison Rware, Pamela Pali, Titus Karanja, Carlos Quiros, Jane Poole, John Parkins and Shayo Deogratias at the Workshop on Integrated Dairy Goat and Root Crop Production, ILRI Nairobi, 19 June 2013
The W+ Standard is a unique certification label developed by WOCAN that endorses projects that create increased social and economic benefits for women participating in economic development or environment projects, including those that provide renewable energy technologies, time and labor saving devices, forest and agriculture activities, and employment opportunities.
The W+ is thus an innovative framework to quantify and monetize the social capital created by women, to recognize and reward their contributions to sustainable environments and communities.
The W+ measures women’s empowerment in six domains: Time, Income & Assets, Health, Leadership, Education & Knowledge and Food Security. It produces quantified women-benefit units that contribute towards post 2015 Sustainability Goals (SDGs), Climate Financing or Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) targets.
www.wplus.org
WOCAN’s mission is to advance women’s empowerment and collective action to tackle climate change, poverty, and
food insecurity within enabling environments
Development and implementation of a community based monitoring and evaluation...ILRI
Presented by Harrison Rware, Pamela Pali, Titus Karanja, Carlos Quiros, Jane Poole, John Parkins and Shayo Deogratias at the Workshop on Integrated Dairy Goat and Root Crop Production, ILRI Nairobi, 19 June 2013
Sustainable management of commons to boost synergies: A case study on India
By Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Boosting synergies and managing trade-offs in food systems
From Research to Resilience
WLE webinar series
October 21, 2021
By Deepa Joshi, Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead, WLE (IWMI)
Securing inclusive land restoration
From Research to Resilience
WLE webinar series
October 25, 2021
eOrganic: the National Organic Agriculture Information, Training and Networki...nacaa
2009 NACAA Organic Agriculture Super Seminar
Presenters: Dr. Alexandra Stone, Vegetable
Specialist, Oregon State University and John
McQueen, eOrganic Coordinator
The W+ Standard is a unique certification label developed by WOCAN that endorses projects that create increased social and economic benefits for women participating in economic development or environment projects, including those that provide renewable energy technologies, time and labor saving devices, forest and agriculture activities, and employment opportunities.
The W+ is thus an innovative framework to quantify and monetize the social capital created by women, to recognize and reward their contributions to sustainable environments and communities.
www.wplus.org
Five cities are collaborating to foster interconnectedness, sustainability, and diversity, resulting in many shared assets including:
- A prosperous business climate
- High levels of employment and education
- Thriving downtown and commercial areas
- Engaged residents
- Mature, vibrant neighborhoods
How are they making this happen? Here is a report that details the planning process and quantitative indicators used as a baseline for measuring progress.
Urbinsight is a next-generation data analysis platform designed for participatory mapping and planning processes. Its goal is to provide engaged cities and citizens with the necessary tools and technology to affect the resiliency and sustainability of their cities and settlements in a positive way. Evolved from earlier mapping methods that we pioneered in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 2000s, the project was first launched as the Ecocitizen World Map in 2014 and has since morphed into the much larger Urbinsight platform.
Lessons learnt towards building pathways for innovation: India
By Apoorve Khandelwal, CEEW India
Innovation investment for impact
From Research to Resilience
WLE webinar series
October 14, 2021
Sustainable management of commons to boost synergies: A case study on India
By Wei Zhang, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute
Boosting synergies and managing trade-offs in food systems
From Research to Resilience
WLE webinar series
October 21, 2021
By Deepa Joshi, Gender, Youth and Inclusion Lead, WLE (IWMI)
Securing inclusive land restoration
From Research to Resilience
WLE webinar series
October 25, 2021
eOrganic: the National Organic Agriculture Information, Training and Networki...nacaa
2009 NACAA Organic Agriculture Super Seminar
Presenters: Dr. Alexandra Stone, Vegetable
Specialist, Oregon State University and John
McQueen, eOrganic Coordinator
The W+ Standard is a unique certification label developed by WOCAN that endorses projects that create increased social and economic benefits for women participating in economic development or environment projects, including those that provide renewable energy technologies, time and labor saving devices, forest and agriculture activities, and employment opportunities.
The W+ is thus an innovative framework to quantify and monetize the social capital created by women, to recognize and reward their contributions to sustainable environments and communities.
www.wplus.org
Five cities are collaborating to foster interconnectedness, sustainability, and diversity, resulting in many shared assets including:
- A prosperous business climate
- High levels of employment and education
- Thriving downtown and commercial areas
- Engaged residents
- Mature, vibrant neighborhoods
How are they making this happen? Here is a report that details the planning process and quantitative indicators used as a baseline for measuring progress.
Urbinsight is a next-generation data analysis platform designed for participatory mapping and planning processes. Its goal is to provide engaged cities and citizens with the necessary tools and technology to affect the resiliency and sustainability of their cities and settlements in a positive way. Evolved from earlier mapping methods that we pioneered in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 2000s, the project was first launched as the Ecocitizen World Map in 2014 and has since morphed into the much larger Urbinsight platform.
Lessons learnt towards building pathways for innovation: India
By Apoorve Khandelwal, CEEW India
Innovation investment for impact
From Research to Resilience
WLE webinar series
October 14, 2021
SCAA members are invited to use a sophisticated software system to track sustainability metrics from producers through retailers and to use the system to collaborate around development projects. The START system (Sustainability Tracking And Reporting Tool) provides CSR transparency, operating savings and development project collaboration.
High Impact Corporate Programs: What Sets Leading Companies ApartTCC Group
Successful high-impact corporate philanthropy programs generate numerous positive, measurable results for both businesses and society. Thomas Knowlton, partner and director of the corporate practice at TCC Group, and Erica Weinberg, senior consultant at TCC Group, shared a new framework for thinking about how to assess, develop, and execute successful high-impact programs. They addressed common barriers to building these high-impact programs and focus the discussion on several key elements that TCC Group has identified as critical to distinguishing leading corporate citizens from their peers. This event was hosted by San Diego Grantmakers.
Instead of impacting a few thousand families, we will impact millions by putting all the elements of collective impact into action. We are ready to implement solutions that fit the size of the problem!
Proposal: Launch a community-based action-learning lab to accelerate innovation and application of systematic approaches to civic stewardship.
Approach: Applies systematic methods in the civic context that are now used in successful organizations to increase local ownership for ambitious goals, and to foster innovation and collaboration for achieving them.
Opportunity: Spur progress on our most persistent and costly socio-economic and environmental problems by cultivating a national network of neighborhood-based civic stewardship initiatives. A critical mass of neighborhood efforts in 300 U.S. cities can save hundreds of billions in annual government costs, while fostering “collective efficacy” and wellbeing in communities nationwide.
Why now: Recent developments in measures (spurred by the proliferation of “public data”), social media (e.g., neighborhood websites), and monetization (e.g., social impact bonds) are “disruptive innovations” that create ripe opportunities for quantum change.
From dashboards to decision-making: Adapting complex information on well-bein...StatsCommunications
Session 1 of the virtual event series on Implementing a well-being approach to policy and international partnerships in Latin America, 28-30 June 2022, More information at: https://www.oecd.org/wise/lac-well-being-metrics.htm
Telling Your CSR Impact Story: An Outcomes Framework for a Portfolio of ProgramsTCC Group
Companies are facing increasing pressure to report on the impact and results of their various corporate citizenship programs, not only to customers and advocacy groups, but also to senior leaders and employees. Yet programs focusing on community and social issues may not have a framework that adequately captures and communicates their measures of success. As a result, these programs often provide only the most basic information – total grants, employee volunteer hours, etc. – without providing the impact story.
In this slide deck - shared during a Philanthropy New York workshop on September 22, 2016 - we explore a high level review of your portfolio of programs, and the creation of an outcomes framework for the portfolio. Take-home worksheets to implement these practices in your organization are available.
ICRB is a leading research and consulting firm that
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Our Design centric Human Connection framework
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Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Enchancing adoption of Open Source Libraries. A case study on Albumentations.AIVladimir Iglovikov, Ph.D.
Presented by Vladimir Iglovikov:
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/iglovikov/
- https://x.com/viglovikov
- https://www.instagram.com/ternaus/
This presentation delves into the journey of Albumentations.ai, a highly successful open-source library for data augmentation.
Created out of a necessity for superior performance in Kaggle competitions, Albumentations has grown to become a widely used tool among data scientists and machine learning practitioners.
This case study covers various aspects, including:
People: The contributors and community that have supported Albumentations.
Metrics: The success indicators such as downloads, daily active users, GitHub stars, and financial contributions.
Challenges: The hurdles in monetizing open-source projects and measuring user engagement.
Development Practices: Best practices for creating, maintaining, and scaling open-source libraries, including code hygiene, CI/CD, and fast iteration.
Community Building: Strategies for making adoption easy, iterating quickly, and fostering a vibrant, engaged community.
Marketing: Both online and offline marketing tactics, focusing on real, impactful interactions and collaborations.
Mental Health: Maintaining balance and not feeling pressured by user demands.
Key insights include the importance of automation, making the adoption process seamless, and leveraging offline interactions for marketing. The presentation also emphasizes the need for continuous small improvements and building a friendly, inclusive community that contributes to the project's growth.
Vladimir Iglovikov brings his extensive experience as a Kaggle Grandmaster, ex-Staff ML Engineer at Lyft, sharing valuable lessons and practical advice for anyone looking to enhance the adoption of their open-source projects.
Explore more about Albumentations and join the community at:
GitHub: https://github.com/albumentations-team/albumentations
Website: https://albumentations.ai/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/100504475
Twitter: https://x.com/albumentations
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
2. 600 cities, towns & counties 25% growth in 2009 ICLEI-USA is a membership association of local governments.
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4. Be a STAR Community. Be prosperous . Be efficient. Be inclusive. Be healthy. Be livable. Be resilient. Be innovative.
5. Sustainability Progress in 5 Steps. 1 2 3 4 5 Register your community at STAR Online. Choose sustainability goals from a menu of options. Measure & report performance using a customized dashboard. Submit performance for validation. Obtain STAR Community certification.
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10. STAR Guiding Principles Think and act systemically. Instill resiliency. Foster innovation. Redefine progress. Live within means. Cultivate collaboration. Ensure equity. Embrace diversity. Inspire leadership. Continuously improve.
11. Framework, STAR Rating System Terms Definition Goals Comprehensive community-level aspirations toward achieving sustainability. Objective A clear, desired outcome intended to move the community toward the goal. Performance Measures Community level outcomes representing the actual state of a system and used to identify progress relative to Objective. Local government actions that are preparatory steps or implementation in nature; proven effective and essential toward achieving Objective.
12. Example, STAR Goals and Objectives NATURAL SYSTEMS PLANNING & DESIGN ENERGY & CLIMATE Nature Comprehensive Planning Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Waste Minimization Mobility & Transportation Climate Adaptation Compact & Complete Communities Resource Efficient Buildings Housing ECONOMIC PROSPERITY EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING EDUCATION, ART & COMMUNITY Industry Sector Development & Revitalization Workforce Development Educational Opportunities Food System Arts and Culture Economic Localization HEALTH & SAFETY AFFORDABILITY & EQUITY INNOVATION & PROCESS Food Access & Nutrition Equity Assessment & Plan Natural & Human Hazards Infrastructure Investments
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18. 2012 STAR Community Action Plan. 1. Leverage funding to complete development. 2. Test our business model and assumptions. 3. Complete the STAR Community Rating System (content). 4. Creatively engage the 10 STAR Beta Communities. 5. Develop the STAR Community online platform. 6. Prepare a communications and marketing strategy. 7. Build a STAR Community education and training curricula. 8. Engage the federal government, private sector, and new partners. 9. Start planning for a future Annual Sustainable Communities Conference. 10. Launch the STAR Pilot Program in 2012.
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Editor's Notes
ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability USA is a membership association of local governments committed to advancing climate protection and sustainable development. For nearly 20 years, ICLEI has pioneered the agenda, practices, and technical tools for local climate action and urban sustainability, both in the United States and worldwide. The member network reflects the diversity of U.S. cities and counties from across the nation in size and geographic location, from New York City to Cimarron, NM a community of 830 and from Los Angeles County, the biggest local government in the U. S. to Blaine County, Idaho.
ICLEI’s membership in the United States includes more than 600 strong representing nearly 30 percent of the U.S. population, up 25% in 2009. The local governments who comprise these numbers are also part of a strong and growing network that is a powerful collective force for change. ICLEI USA serves our nationwide network through 8 regional offices that convene members, create opportunities for peer-to-peer networking, offer education and training, and provide technical services to support member efforts. Regional Office Locations California (Oakland & Los Angeles) 163 23% Midwest (Chicago) 78 24% Northeast & Mid-Atlantic (Boston & New York) 179 30% Pacific Northwest & Islands (Seattle) 60 7% South Central (Houston) 22 67% Southeast (Atlanta) 59 27% West (Denver) 39 22%
The STAR Community Index is a ground-breaking rating system and performance management tool that will offer local governments a roadmap for improving community sustainability by addressing the intertwining facets—economic, environmental and social concerns. Built by and for local governments, STAR is a program of ICLEI USA initiated with the U.S. Green Building Council (USBGC), the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the National League of Cities (NLC). Each organization brings its unique strength and expertise to the partnership: ICLEI and NLC serve a customer base of local governments that are seeking a shared framework for sustainability; USGBC contributes its experience with the consensus process and development of performance standards; and CAP develops progressive policies to influence the national agenda.
The STAR Community Index is a ground-breaking rating system and performance management tool that will offer local governments a roadmap for improving community sustainability by addressing the intertwining facets—economic, environmental and social concerns. Built by and for local governments, STAR is a program of ICLEI USA initiated with the U.S. Green Building Council (USBGC), the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the National League of Cities (NLC). Each organization brings its unique strength and expertise to the partnership: ICLEI and NLC serve a customer base of local governments that are seeking a shared framework for sustainability; USGBC contributes its experience with the consensus process and development of performance standards; and CAP develops progressive policies to influence the national agenda.
The STAR Community Index is a ground-breaking rating system and performance management tool that will offer local governments a roadmap for improving community sustainability by addressing the intertwining facets—economic, environmental and social concerns. Built by and for local governments, STAR is a program of ICLEI USA initiated with the U.S. Green Building Council (USBGC), the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the National League of Cities (NLC). Each organization brings its unique strength and expertise to the partnership: ICLEI and NLC serve a customer base of local governments that are seeking a shared framework for sustainability; USGBC contributes its experience with the consensus process and development of performance standards; and CAP develops progressive policies to influence the national agenda.
ICLEI USA has unparalleled experience engaging and guiding our members on taking significant action to quantify and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while decreasing operational costs, improving economic stability, and enhancing overall community livability. The foundation of our experience is helping members progress through a proven Five Milestone process, a systematic and performance based approach where each step builds on the last – from conducting an assessment to establish a baseline to evaulating and reporting performance achievements.
ICLEI USA has unparalleled experience engaging and guiding our members on taking significant action to quantify and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while decreasing operational costs, improving economic stability, and enhancing overall community livability. The foundation of our experience is helping members progress through a proven Five Milestone process, a systematic and performance based approach where each step builds on the last – from conducting an assessment to establish a baseline to evaulating and reporting performance achievements.
The STAR Community Index is being development through a robust stakeholder engagement process that draws on local expertise, responds to the diversity of local approaches and conditions, and builds a constituency of early adopters. The stakeholders represent more than 150 volunteer committee members that represent 130 organizations. Nearly half of the committee members represent local governments – to ensure that the program is being developed “by and for local governments.” Stakeholders include: 60 cities and 10 counties state and federal agencies including EPA, DOE, CDC and NOAA non-profit organizations national associations Universities Utilities private corporations. The Steering Committee governs development and provides strategic direction on the scope, design and function of the program. Technical Advisory Committees are developing the goals and measures that define the STAR system. ICLEI researched local government priorities and the Steering Committee provided input on issues to address in the STAR framework. These were organized into disciplines and areas of expertise, and from this eight Technical Advisory Committees were established and organized under the three pillars of sustainability – environment, economy and society.
Guiding principles were established to make manifest the concepts and values that underpin STAR and community-scale sustainability. Each principle transcends the three facets of sustainability – and is accompanied by a descriptive statement. As an example: Embrace Diversity Sustainable communities feature a tapestry of peoples, cultures and economies, underpinned by a richly functioning natural environment. Local governments in these communities celebrate and foster ethnic, cultural, economic and biological diversity, are actively inclusive, and encourage multiple approaches to accomplish a goal. The Guiding Principles make explicit these shared values and will influence the development of goals and measures. They will also serve as an evaluation tool for resolving potential conflicts (alignment). The Guiding Principles offer benefits to STAR’s target audience by providing transparency on the values and thought processes that STAR embodies and provides inspiration for change.
The framework structure is similar to the LEED Green Building Rating System, and yet tailored to reflect the needs of local governments. The structure features a set of components that reflect public sector mechanisms that are effective at advancing change. Sustainability Goal Purpose Statement Validation Measure Outcome - performance metric OR, Output - best-in-class practice and supporting model policy
In 2007, Portland City Council and the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners adopted resolutions directing staff to design a strategy to reduce local carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050. Portland and Multnomah County’s climate action plan responds to that directive. The 2009 Climate Action Plan guides future efforts by the City and County and provides an innovative framework for the region’s transition to a more prosperous, sustainable and climate-stable future. Their action plan will also strengthen the local economy, create more jobs, improve health, and maintain the high quality of life for which this region is known. Cities are responsible for 75 percent of the global carbon emissions. With the concentration of the world’s population living in cities expected to increase from the current level of 50 percent to 60 percent by 2030, cities increasingly present the greatest opportunities to reduce global carbon emissions. Local governments have an essential role to play in: 1. Delivering policies and programs that minimize business and household emissions; 2. Working with residents and businesses to help the community prepare for the environmental, social and economic challenges that are to come; and 3. Reducing emissions from their own government operations. Portland recognized this role early on. In 1993, it became the first local government in the U.S. to adopt a strategy to address global warming. In 2001, Multnomah County joined the City of Portland in adopting a revised plan, the Local Action Plan on Global Warming, outlining 150 short- and long-term actions to reduce community-wide carbon emissions to 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2010. For comparison, the target for the U.S. under the never-ratified Kyoto treaty is to reduce carbon emissions seven percent below 1990 levels by 2012. The City and County have made substantial progress in carrying out the 2010 goal of the Local Action Plan. By 2008, emissions were below 1990 levels despite rapid population and economic growth. On a per capita basis, local emissions have fallen by 19 percent since 1990.
In 2007, Portland City Council and the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners adopted resolutions directing staff to design a strategy to reduce local carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050. Portland and Multnomah County’s climate action plan responds to that directive. The 2009 Climate Action Plan guides future efforts by the City and County and provides an innovative framework for the region’s transition to a more prosperous, sustainable and climate-stable future. Their action plan will also strengthen the local economy, create more jobs, improve health, and maintain the high quality of life for which this region is known. Cities are responsible for 75 percent of the global carbon emissions. With the concentration of the world’s population living in cities expected to increase from the current level of 50 percent to 60 percent by 2030, cities increasingly present the greatest opportunities to reduce global carbon emissions. Local governments have an essential role to play in: 1. Delivering policies and programs that minimize business and household emissions; 2. Working with residents and businesses to help the community prepare for the environmental, social and economic challenges that are to come; and 3. Reducing emissions from their own government operations. Portland recognized this role early on. In 1993, it became the first local government in the U.S. to adopt a strategy to address global warming. In 2001, Multnomah County joined the City of Portland in adopting a revised plan, the Local Action Plan on Global Warming, outlining 150 short- and long-term actions to reduce community-wide carbon emissions to 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2010. For comparison, the target for the U.S. under the never-ratified Kyoto treaty is to reduce carbon emissions seven percent below 1990 levels by 2012. The City and County have made substantial progress in carrying out the 2010 goal of the Local Action Plan. By 2008, emissions were below 1990 levels despite rapid population and economic growth. On a per capita basis, local emissions have fallen by 19 percent since 1990.
In 2007, Portland City Council and the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners adopted resolutions directing staff to design a strategy to reduce local carbon emissions 80 percent by 2050. Portland and Multnomah County’s climate action plan responds to that directive. The 2009 Climate Action Plan guides future efforts by the City and County and provides an innovative framework for the region’s transition to a more prosperous, sustainable and climate-stable future. Their action plan will also strengthen the local economy, create more jobs, improve health, and maintain the high quality of life for which this region is known. Cities are responsible for 75 percent of the global carbon emissions. With the concentration of the world’s population living in cities expected to increase from the current level of 50 percent to 60 percent by 2030, cities increasingly present the greatest opportunities to reduce global carbon emissions. Local governments have an essential role to play in: 1. Delivering policies and programs that minimize business and household emissions; 2. Working with residents and businesses to help the community prepare for the environmental, social and economic challenges that are to come; and 3. Reducing emissions from their own government operations. Portland recognized this role early on. In 1993, it became the first local government in the U.S. to adopt a strategy to address global warming. In 2001, Multnomah County joined the City of Portland in adopting a revised plan, the Local Action Plan on Global Warming, outlining 150 short- and long-term actions to reduce community-wide carbon emissions to 10 percent below 1990 levels by 2010. For comparison, the target for the U.S. under the never-ratified Kyoto treaty is to reduce carbon emissions seven percent below 1990 levels by 2012. The City and County have made substantial progress in carrying out the 2010 goal of the Local Action Plan. By 2008, emissions were below 1990 levels despite rapid population and economic growth. On a per capita basis, local emissions have fallen by 19 percent since 1990.
STAR measures will be developed through a phased approach, with four modules consisting of 20 of STAR sustainability goal areas and corresponding measures. Modules 1 and 2 will be completed in 2011 and published to allow local governments to begin integrating their sustainability initiatives and priorities with the STAR Rating System. Modules 3 and 4 will be completed by mid-year 2012. Program completion and Pilot Program launch targeted for Q2 2012
ICLEI USA has unparalleled experience engaging and guiding our members on taking significant action to quantify and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions while decreasing operational costs, improving economic stability, and enhancing overall community livability. The foundation of our experience is helping members progress through a proven Five Milestone process, a systematic and performance based approach where each step builds on the last – from conducting an assessment to establish a baseline to evaulating and reporting performance achievements.