Regions/Provinces/States Gujarat State Gandhinagar District—In the Gandhinagar district of Gujarat, an initiative has been taken by the Gujarat Ecology Commission, and the Forest Department to reduce greenhouse gases through the development of mangroves. Gujarat has introduced the Community Based Mangrove Management model. More than 15,000 ha of Mangrove plantation were carried out through the active...
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Germany Subnational Best Practices
Regions/Provinces/States Thüringen—Thüringen is a state of some 2.2 million people located in central-east Germany. In 2012, the state produced 30% of its energy using renewable sources, and is aiming to increase this figure up to 5% by 2020. To do so it has largely scaled up its use of wind energy, with 25,000 operating wind...
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France Subnational Best Practices
Regions/Provinces/States Region Nouvelle Aquitaine—Region Nouvelle Aquitaine, with an area of 84,100 km2 and 5.8 million inhabitants, it is the biggest region of France. The Regional Council has established a Permanent Council for Energy Transition and the Climate. It will coordinate the action of the Regional Council services concerning climate change and mobilize external partners based...
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China Subnational Best Practices
Regions/Provinces/States Hebei Province Clean Heating Project—In 2003, district heating represented about 5.3 to 6.1 of total coal consumption in China and in 2008, the heating sector consumed a total of 145.4 million tons of raw coal. With continued urbanization and rising levels of quality of life in China, the effort to minimize the carbon intensity...
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Canada Subnational Best Practices
Regions/Provinces/States The Province of British Columbia (BC)—BC has long been a leader on climate change. In 2007, a Climate Action Charter with the province and the Union of BC Municipalities, committed to carbon neutrality by 2012 including municipal GGE reporting. As of 2013, 182 of 190 municipalities (96%) had signed on. In 2008, a Climate...
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Brazil Subnational Best Practices
Regions/Provinces/States The State of Sao Paulo—The Secretariat for the Environment of the State of São Paulo—SMA-SP was established in 1986 to coordinate and integrate activities related to environmental protection. Since 2008, it also oversees sectorial public policies that impact the environment. CETESB, its Environmental Agency, is responsible for environmental quality monitoring and licencing in the...
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Australia Subnational Best Practices
Regions/Provinces/States Canberra/ Australian Capital Territory (ACT)—The region containing the Australian capital of Canberra is one of two Australian signatories of the “Under 2 MOU” agreement, which brings together subnational governments to pledge to reduce GHG emissions in an effort to limit global temperature rise to under 2 degrees Celsius. The pledge commits its signatories to...
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Argentina Subnational Best Practices
Regions/Provinces/States Jujuy Province—Renewable energy sources will play a crucial role in Argentina’s effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years. Solar energy is one underdeveloped area that has huge potential. Jujuy province in the northern part of the country, on the border with Chile and Paraguay is set to expand its solar energy...
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Letter of Support from Canada’s Minister of Environment
The Hon. Catherine McKenna, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change for Canada, recently endorsed Climate Scorecard and our work: “I am encouraged by the Climate Scorecard project and its goal to track progress and strengthen pledges to the Paris Agreement.” Letter from Canada’s Minister of Environment
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United States Leaders and Opponents
Government Official Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Gina McCarthy was appointed to the position of Administrator of the EPA by President Obama, and has been a strong proponent of clean air programs and limiting greenhouse gas emissions while emphasizing the importance of a strong economy. She was also instrumental in the Obama administration’s...