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• Creates a "road map" from the 181 actions to narrow down a community's focus. With a menu of so many actions to choose from, each of which can be completed in many different ways, a community has freedom to progress through the GreenStep program in the way that is best suited to them. For a community interested in climate action, it may be difficult to parse through which actions are the most effective. This climate program helps participants prioritize efforts and highlights a path forward to climate action. • Focus on climate action, not just sustainability. GreenStep focuses on sustainability, which may include facets of health benefits, economic prosperity, and general quality -of -life. While these may be co -benefits of climate action, this program will fulfill the need for supporting local governments interested in directly addressing climate change. Rejected Frameworks As the program continued to be developed, this feedback was kept in mind and applied to the greatest extent while still striving to reach the project goals. Based on feedback from the advisory committee, partners, CERTs regional coordinators, and the GreenStep Steering Committee, The big picture several framework possibilities were The poskive progress Minnesota has seen so far has been concentrated in the electricity generation sector. Since 2005, all other sectors have seen only modest reductions or emission increases Industrial, residential, and developed and consequently discarded. commercial have all increased by 15% or more and are heading in the wrong direction. Criticism for earlier frameworks helped guide the decisions that led to the selected framework. Framework 1: Greenhouse gas emissions actions One of the most important resources we used in research for climate change in Minnesota is the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, prepared as a joint effort between the MPCA and the Minnesota Department of Commerce. This report identifies the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions, along with the increases and decreases in emissions each of these sectors has experienced between the years 2005 and 2018 (Figure 4). rgu c-r. ruccv mv.c n biennial report to the Minnesota Legislature outlining greenhouse gas emissions sources and trends. Our first framework draft was one in which we selected GreenStep actions that specifically target the sectors in which emissions are high, seeing little to no reductions since 2005, or have even experienced Gold Leaf Program Proposal I www.MNGreenStep.org Page 59 of 185