ABAG Green Communities Program

Program Overview - GHG Emissions Inventories - Energy Efficiency Workshops

Government Operations Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventories

In the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area region, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) is managing the program with training provided by ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI). The goal of the program is to assist up to twenty-five local government jurisdictions in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area region in the completion of local government operations greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories over multiple sectors in accordance with the Local Government Operations Protocol (LGOP) developed in partnership by ICLEI, the California Air Resources Board (CARB), California Climate Action Registry, and The Climate Registry. CARB recognizes that local governments are essential partners in achieving California's goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Many of the proposed measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions rely on local government actions. In the AB32 Scoping Plan, CARB recommends a greenhouse gas reduction goal for local governments of 15 percent below today's levels by 2020 to ensure that their municipal and community-wide emissions match the State's reduction target.

Program Timeframe
ABAG has recruited four local governments to participate in the program between June and September, 2012.

Graduate-level interns will be paired with a local government in June 2012. Participating local governments and interns will attend a series of ICLEI trainings from June 2012 to August 2012. This training series will equip the interns and local governments with the knowledge and tools needed to complete a LGOP-compliant GHG emissions inventory. The interns will present the final inventory and report to the local government in September 2012.

Contact Information
Please contact Dana Brechwald, ABAG Earthquakes and Hazards Specialist, at DanaB@abag.ca.gov with any questions about this program.