Abstract:

The Carbon-Free City Handbook helps city staff implement climate policies and actions that resolutely place their communities on an aggressive path toward sustainable, low-carbon economies. Although the focus is on immediate, no-regrets first steps, this handbook is not about slow, incremental change. It is about implementing policies and taking actions that yield bold, transformational outcomes. Yet while this handbook is a compass, pointing a direction for cities to move swiftly, this handbook is not a detailed map that enables full navigation. These resources do of course exist, and throughout the handbook we point to many of them. This handbook is a place to start.