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<br />section2 <br /> <br /> <br />action & tools <br /> <br />Implementing Climate Protection Actions <br /> <br />Cities call implC'llIl'nl a range' of actions to [('duee global warming pollution. Th('S{' <br />111l'i:ISUf{'S can be institllt{'d i:!(HlOC or as part of a comprchrnsi\'l' framrwork Iik(' that <br />off{,frd by ICLEI - Local Gonfllll1l'nts for Sustainability's Cilks for Climate <br />P,otec'ion Campaign (CCP). Since 1993. ICLEI has helped ,warly 200 local <br />go\'rfllJl1C'1l1s anms the U.S. reduce global warming pollurion through its CCP <br />Campaign. The information and tools pro\'idrd both hen' and in tht. "Take Anion~ <br />section can SCf\"l' as a ml'ful resource for implel11l'llting slrat('gips for n'durillg global <br />warming pollution. <br /> <br />AfH'f a local gO\'C'fIll11rnt has made a commitment (0 addressing climate changC', tl1(' <br />CCP providps a fj\'('.SH'p rTlrthodoJogy to f('dun global warming pollutiun. The' 5 <br />MiIl':'ltolll':'l articulatrd by tl1(' CCP can br implrmrnu'd indl'pcndently or <br />comprehensively - though greater reductions and ro-IJl'Tlrfits af{' f('alized \\'hrn all of <br />Ihl' actiollS aTe pUfSurd in coordination. The experirnce of citirs participating in the CCP <br />offers a proven rrfef('IKe point to cities newly engaging in climale protl'ction actions. <br /> <br />The S Milestones of the <br />CCP Campaign <br /> <br />D Conduct a baseline <br />inventory of global <br />warming pollutants <br /> <br />ICLEI's Cities for Climate Protection <br />Campaign <br /> <br />TIll' CCp's 5 t\1i1cstones pro\'idrs a simple. <br />:'ltandardizcd Im'ans to enablr your community to <br />effectivrly Tl'ducl' tll(' rmissions from both <br />gO\l'rnl1U'llt operations and thC' community as a whole. <br /> <br />I Establish a target to <br />lower emissions <br /> <br />I Develop a 10c.:'I1 Climate <br />Action Plan (CAP) to <br />implement actions that <br />reduce global worming <br />pollution <br /> <br />Engaging in tll(' fivc-step proccss means that a city is <br />making a commitnwnt to reducl' global warming <br />('missions as financial ami staff rl'SOllrCl'S aI1O\,". Thc <br />proccss of complt'ting the fi\'l' milrstorws is not <br />Iwn'ssarily lincar. ThC' milestones ctln be umkrtakrn <br />concurrently. and [hl' sp('cHk targl't and l"onlC'llts of <br />thr local Climatl' Anion Plan arc up to ('ach city to <br />dNC'rminl'. The al110lHlt of tiTIIC' Ill'('d('d to complC'tC' <br />Ill(' milestones also depends 011 the size and <br />complrxity of a city, and tlU' availability of data. <br />stafr. and rrSUUTCl'S. <br /> <br />I Implement the local <br />Climate Action Plan <br /> <br />I Measure. verify and <br />report performance <br />