Comprehensive Climate Action Plan

Purpose of the CCAP

The CCAP is intended to act as a guidebook to address the future consequences related to climate change that are already impacting the MSA as well as current conditions affecting the region. While it is important to promote projects intended to prevent future issues from occurring, it is equally important to learn how to improve current systems. The value of the CCAP lies in community resilience.

Instead of placing the responsibility on individual organizations, the CCAP aims to provide solutions based upon collective action. Each municipality, nonprofit organization, and individual citizen will likely approach each measure differently based on the resources available to them.

The CCAP encompasses a complete analysis of all sources and sinks across the MSA, along with clearly defined reduction targets and reduction measures for those targets. It also includes a benefits analysis that captures co-benefits such as improved public health and economic gains, as well as workforce development strategies to support implementation across jurisdictions.

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TBRPC Comprehensive Climate Action Plan

Principle Document Elements

Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Determining the GHG inventory, and the necessary reductions align with the goals of reducing emissions across key sectors and implementing high impact mitigation projects. This component aligns with the inventory in the PCAP.

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Measures

To achieve target reductions, High-Impact Mitigation Projects are outlined within the CCAP, and the specific transition target values were found using online platform ClearPath. These measures were built upon initial findings for the PCAP.

Cost Analysis

Using an analagous approach, this analysis provides costs for the recommended implementation measures to help our stakeholders determine the economic feasibility of successfully pursuing these projects.

Benefit Analysis

Confirms the benefits associated with the 2030 35% target reduction being achieved. This analysis used the 2030 target reduction instead of 2050 due to the available data aligning closest with the baseline pollutants for 2030.

Workforce Analysis

Highlights estimated economic output and job growth or reductions in scenario where 75% GHG reduction target is achieved by 2050. In addition, found change in value for certain professions

Significant Findings

Cost Analysis

Organizations can apply upfront cost estimates to their unique situation due to an analagous approach. Costs for implementation measures are not directly comparable due to the values being representative of upfront costs that often change based on size of project and resources available

Benefit Analysis

Benefits across the MSA are estimated to be over $186 million on the low end savings and nearly $274 million on the high end savings related to healthcare. This comes primarily from doctor’s office/hospital visits for residents.

Workforce Analysis

The likely impact if the GHG emissions targets are achieved by 2050 is $8.78 billion economic output, 27,802 new jobs, and a $4.82 billion value increase.

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