What Is The Citizen Transition Initiative?

However, this concept of raising awareness was extended to a wide range of activities. For example, local food production, renewable energy, local currencies and environmental education (Hopkins 2008). Peters (2010) also argue that this form of activities have developed in the UK where the government and researchers have made the case for the voluntary and community sector playing a key role in supporting a transition towards a low- carbon economy. According to Marshall (2007), a wide of potential benefits arising from community-led action on climate change have been highlighted by policy makers, academics and sustainability practitioners. These benefits include high levels of public trust in messages spread through civil group or peer networks and improved decision making on local issues that builds upon knowledge with local communities. However, by drawing upon trusted social networks and demonstrate sustainable lifestyles; community level action can also support a shift towards new social norms, values and practices that favour sustainable living. In addition, community-led action can also provide a supportive environment for innovative experiments in

When it comes to the government, when planning for peak oil and climate change they have to identify the expected and potential impacts so that recommendations can be tailored for maximum effect. Governments should not only look at developing public transit and other land-use and infrastructure changes that may be needed for reducing fossil-fuel use, but should also carefully evaluate large investments in roads, airports, and other infrastructure dependent on fossil fuels. At a minimum, governments need to consider scenarios with much higher fuel prices than exist today when running models to determine demand for various options.The lead government body (e.g, the city council) should establish benchmarks and continually monitor how peak oil and climate change are unfolding and affecting the community, to see what adjustments to the plan are warranted.

To improve upon these figures, Resolution 20140410-024 was supported in 2015 with Austin’s community climate plan “Net-Zero.” Spearheaded by the Community Climate Steering Committee, “Net-Zero” lays the framework for both the local government and community to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to near zero. Up to this point all city owned buildings and facilities are 100% reliant on renewable energies such as solar and wind energy. Pending projects will increase solar energy by 149 MW and wind energy by 400 MW. Figure shows Austin’s energy generation goals achieved by 2020.

Author Lawrence M. Ling is a Project Pull Mentor’s Assistant in the Policy and Government Affairs Team of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. He is an undergraduate student at the University of California: Los Angeles who majors in Political Science, and he strongly believes that CleanPowerSF is the best solution to the growing trend of global warming.

The Annapolis city government has aimed to reduce emissions by 75% by the year 2025 as well as achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2050 (Savidge 2010). In order to achieve these goals, the city government has committed to reducing energy usage by 10% in public facilities by 2017 and 15% by 2020 (Savidge 2010). The city government also plans to achieve 25% of their energy from renewable sources as well as providing greener and more energy efficient upgrades to public facilities and city transportation (Savidge 2010). The Annapolis community has aimed to reduce emissions by 50% by the year 2025 as well as achieve carbon neutrality by the year 2050 (Savidge 2010). The community has been and will continue to actively encourage locals to purchase green and renewable energy, use alternative forms of transportation, increase recycling and reduce trash production, and to preform energy efficiency upgrades (Savidge 2010). Such efficiency upgrades could take place in the form of financing home energy improvements, energy efficient mortgages, energy smart schools, or zero interest loans for energy conservation and “green energy projects (Roseland 2012).” Mark Roseland published a paper on sustainability “solutions for citizens and their governments” that outlines the benefits that simple energy efficient upgrades can achieve (Roseland 2012). He states examples where residents can save over $1000 each year on oil, gas, and electric bills while reducing their emissions through local

Organizations from around the world are working together to reduce the effects of greenhouse gases on the Earth and save the future generations of humans. In order to make a global impact on an affair, it must start locally. In Markham, many citizens are devising a solution to the accelerated heating of the Earth. Advertisements about greenhouse gases have been implanted on billboards and websites to raise awareness of the issue. The mayor of Markham has built more bicycle lanes and pathways to decrease the use of automobiles (City of Markham, 2014). Markham has also increased the effectiveness of public transportation

This will allow me to collect qualitative data about each community in order to determine how they view climate change and what solutions they pose. In total, I plan to survey about 20 individuals in both Larrakia and the Charles Darwin University. These interviews will last 45 minutes to an hour. I will, with permission, record each interview with a tape recorder in addition to taking handwritten notes. A challenge that may occur during the interviews is the amount of knowledge the participants have on current sustainability laws and programs in Australia. They may not be well versed in such policy matters. Additionally, depending on what the students at the university are studying, they will have varying knowledge on climate change and policy. To alleviate this problem, I will provide a brief overview about the different initiatives Australia has taken to combat global warming before each interview.

The objectives of this campaign are to expose to the public about the low carbon society such as their advantages and disadvantages. Transitioning to low carbon society requires an understanding of community practices and resultant emission, as well as the technologies, infrastructures and institutions associated with and accessed by the society. Moreover, it also requires an understanding of the connections between these integrated system components, its dynamics, a defined transition and potential levers involved in transitioning. This paper accepts the notion that ’levers’ includes program designed to achieve practice or behavior change in households which result in less carbon intensive lifestyles, and focuses on the factors that shape human behavior and influence householder energy consumption. From that, the communities will understand more about the low carbon society concept. This is because the cooperation between the engineers and the communities are important in order to achieve the mission. Basically, the engineers will organized this campaign all over Malaysia to let all the communities in Malaysia know about this mission. So, the engineers and the public can interact with each other and also can exchange ideas in making the mission more successful. As we know, different people have different opinion and suggestion, so, from that we can gather all the information and create the best one in order to achieve the mission. To sum up, the contribution of engineers in organizing the ‘Low Carbon Society Campaign’ and educate the public can lead in working towards the ‘Low Carbon Society ‘for

The Intergovernmental panel on Climate Change advice for policy makers is a book with various statistics and facts about what the scientific community has been noticing about the changing environment. The hope for the panel when making this booklet is that they could help guide policy makers towards making more informed decisions about their policies and the effect it is having on the environment. While some of the evidence is almost indisputable many politicians still argue their validity due to personal beliefs or because they receive campaign donations from companies who do not want to see environmental policies change. The booklet is split up into three different parts, observations of the changes in the environment around us, future risks these changes can have, and how to manage these risks and build a sustainable planet for everybody.

Along with Provincial specifications and newer organizing instruments, prevalent boost in general public anxieties over problems linked to climate change, fresh air quality, ecological destruction, and also the problem of the international economic climate are encouraging municipalities to show leadership and to supply revolutionary policy path. Throughout the Community Specific Plan and Official Strategy discussion workshops, important designs from Calgary's citizens involved problems linked to sustainability like safety and improvement of all-natural places along with characteristics of the City, substitute and productive transportation alternatives, city design, "green technology" as well as fresh air quality (Ling et al, 2007).

How can one change the world? Through action! During the month of December, a forum on the climate action was held jointly by Youth Action, FAir 4 All (Fair Air Coalition), and the 10 by 2020 campaign. The discussion focused on the current steps being taken to reduce climate change.

My project will focus on the GHG reduction and sustainability efforts from the members and affiliates of the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium. The project will also focus on the works of PERC members to enhance the sustainability of the communities. I was provided with a spreadsheet which is used as a survey about Greenhouse Gas & CAP by the founder of PERC- Mr. Donald Brown. This spreadsheet includes question about each school’s greenhouse gas inventory and contract information of its sustainable coordinator. However, the spreadsheet still lacks a lot of information on the GHG reduction target and community works. Thus the initial part of my work is to collecting the information of the two categories listed above from school representatives. It is really necessary to collect the information on the GHG reduction target of each school since one of the main goals of this project is to help PERC to understand what each of its member is working on. The result from this information is also really important because it helps to visualize how well each institution is dealing with GHG emission on their campus. It is essential to fill in the information on the activities with local communities of each school on GHG reduction and adaptation/ resilience since it is a part of PERC mission which is turning its member into messengers of sustainability. More importantly, this information will help PERC to solidify their future vision on boosting the collaboration between the

The increasing amount of green house gases (GHG) released in the atmosphere is causing significant changes in the environment leading to unpredictable weather patterns and warming of the climate system is putting a great pressure on city development and infrastructures. This essay outlines three problems caused by climate change in urban areas, and evaluates the effectiveness of some of the mitigation and adaptation strategies. This essay reasons that mitigation and adaptation strategies need to work in synergy in order to address the situation effectively.

I have already endeavored to live a lifestyle to help the environment by recycling, driving a more fuel-efficient vehicle, and using more energy efficient technology. That being said, as an individual in the global world, I have much to change in order to reverse the effects of climate change.

Initiatives implemented by PLAN-SG25 will be more effective when supported by the public and private sector. By helping individuals and businesses make environmentally sound decisions, PLAN-SG25 will enable better consumption choices and improve energy conservation. All of these seemingly small choices would eventually culminate in sustainable development, besides yielding cost savings – a positive-sum game indeed. PLAN-SG25 has dedicated significant attention to programs that raise public awareness on sustainable development. Importantly, basic information on initiatives by PLAN-SG25 is made widely available. This effort is complemented by education, community programs and corporate sector collaborations that emphasize the importance of sustainable urban design and promote greater recognition of efforts.