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| For information on climate change issues please contact Joyce Phillips, AICP, Senior Planner in the Growth Management Services Program at the Washington State Department of Commerce.
“We recently learned that climate change will cut the winter snowpack in the Cascades by at least 20 percent. This will have a devastating impact not only on recreation, but also on our water supply, our agriculture industry, and our domestic fish populations. This news is another wake-up call, and one more reason that inaction is not an option. We as a nation and a state must address climate change today. Tomorrow is too late.”
- Governor Chris Gregoire
Examples:
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Planning Tools
Resources:
NEW! Governor Gregoire’s Executive Order 09-05 - Washington's Leadership on Climate Change
CTED Report – Planning for Climate Change: Addressing Climate Change through Comprehensive Planning under the Growth Management Act, December 2008
CTED Newsletter – About Growth Issue on Climate Change, Spring 2008
Joint CTED/Ecology Publication – Responding to the Climate Change Challenge: Focus on Impacts of Climate Change in Washington State
Washington Department of Ecology offers answers to climate change questions in a new fact sheet, August 12, 2008
American Planning Association – Policy Guide on Planning and Climate Change, adopted April 27, 2008
NEW! California Air Pollution Control Officers Association (CAPCOA) – Model Policies for Greenhouse Gases in General Plans, June 2009
California Local Government Commission - Ahwahnee Principles for Climate Change
State of California Governor's Office of Planning and Research - Cities and Counties Addressing Climate Change: A list of plans and initiatives developed by California cities and counties to address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These plans involve setting emission reduction goals and adopting implementation measures to achieve those goals.
University of Washington – presentation by Dr. Paul Waddell on the Development and Application of Integrated Land Use, Transportation and Environmental Modeling: Progress, Challenges and Prospects
University of Oregon – Overview of Potential Economic Costs to Washington State of Business as Usual Approach to Climate Change, 2009
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