{"id":140024,"date":"2021-04-22T13:50:49","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T23:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=140024"},"modified":"2021-04-22T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T23:50:49","slug":"one-climate-one-oahu-community-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/04\/22\/one-climate-one-oahu-community-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"One Climate One Oʻahu community plan to fight climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The City and County of Honolulu in recognition of Earth Day, announced the One Climate One Oʻahu<\/span> Climate Action Plan 2020\u201325<\/a> (CAP<\/abbr>), a science-based, community-driven strategy for Oʻahu<\/span> to combat climate change and eliminate fossil fuel emissions—the root cause of global warming.<\/p>\n

The action plan is a joint effort by the Honolulu City and County Office of Climate Change, Resiliency and Sustainability and the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Institute for Sustainability and Resiliency<\/a> (ISR<\/abbr>) and the UH<\/abbr> Economic Research Organization<\/a> (UHERO).<\/p>\n

“Oʻahu<\/span>\u2019s first-ever CAP<\/abbr> is an important step in furthering greenhouse gas reduction efforts. By measuring the GHG outcomes of sectors and programs, we have a better understanding of the ways in which the City and County can contribute to reducing global climate change through local actions. With a new federal administration committed to climate change policy, these actions can be complementary across levels of government,” said ISR<\/abbr> Director Makena Coffman<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The CAP<\/abbr> lays out a detailed list of programs, policies and actions that Oʻahu<\/span> can take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next five years on the path to carbon neutrality by 2045. The plan identifies 9 strategies and more than forty actions to pursue:<\/p>\n