City Carbon Budgets : A Proposal to Align Incentives for Climate-Friendly Communities

Local governments can have a large effect on carbon emissions through land use zoning, building codes, transport infrastructure investments, and support for transportation alternatives. This paper proposes a climate policy instrument--city carbon budgets--that provides a durable framework for local...

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Main Authors:	Salon, Deborah, Sperling, Daniel, Meier, Alan, Murphy, Sinnott, Gorham, Roger, Barrett, James
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	State and Local Budget and Expenditures H720 Climate Natural Disasters Global Warming Q540 Environmental Economics: Government Policy Q580 Transportation Systems: Government Pricing Regulatory Policies R480 Regional Government Analysis: Land Use and Other Regulations R520 Regional Development Planning and Policy R580
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4911

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spelling	okr-10986-49112021-04-23T14:02:20Z City Carbon Budgets : A Proposal to Align Incentives for Climate-Friendly Communities Salon, Deborah Sperling, Daniel Meier, Alan Murphy, Sinnott Gorham, Roger Barrett, James State and Local Budget and Expenditures H720 Climate Natural Disasters Global Warming Q540 Environmental Economics: Government Policy Q580 Transportation Systems: Government Pricing Regulatory Policies R480 Regional Government Analysis: Land Use and Other Regulations R520 Regional Development Planning and Policy R580 Local governments can have a large effect on carbon emissions through land use zoning, building codes, transport infrastructure investments, and support for transportation alternatives. This paper proposes a climate policy instrument--city carbon budgets--that provides a durable framework for local governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Local governments would be assigned an emissions "budget", and would be required to keep annual local transport and buildings emissions within this budget. This policy framework could be implemented and managed by a higher-level government, or might be used in awarding funds to developing country cities from international climate funds. The state of California has enacted a version of this policy. In this paper, we identify and evaluate options for creating an effective and acceptable institutional structure, allocating emission targets to localities, measuring emissions, providing flexibility and incentives to local governments, and assuring compliance. We also discuss the likely costs of such a policy. 2012-03-30T07:30:21Z 2012-03-30T07:30:21Z 2010 Journal Article Energy Policy 03014215 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4911 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic	State and Local Budget and Expenditures H720 Climate Natural Disasters Global Warming Q540 Environmental Economics: Government Policy Q580 Transportation Systems: Government Pricing Regulatory Policies R480 Regional Government Analysis: Land Use and Other Regulations R520 Regional Development Planning and Policy R580
spellingShingle	State and Local Budget and Expenditures H720 Climate Natural Disasters Global Warming Q540 Environmental Economics: Government Policy Q580 Transportation Systems: Government Pricing Regulatory Policies R480 Regional Government Analysis: Land Use and Other Regulations R520 Regional Development Planning and Policy R580 Salon, Deborah Sperling, Daniel Meier, Alan Murphy, Sinnott Gorham, Roger Barrett, James City Carbon Budgets : A Proposal to Align Incentives for Climate-Friendly Communities
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description	Local governments can have a large effect on carbon emissions through land use zoning, building codes, transport infrastructure investments, and support for transportation alternatives. This paper proposes a climate policy instrument--city carbon budgets--that provides a durable framework for local governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Local governments would be assigned an emissions "budget", and would be required to keep annual local transport and buildings emissions within this budget. This policy framework could be implemented and managed by a higher-level government, or might be used in awarding funds to developing country cities from international climate funds. The state of California has enacted a version of this policy. In this paper, we identify and evaluate options for creating an effective and acceptable institutional structure, allocating emission targets to localities, measuring emissions, providing flexibility and incentives to local governments, and assuring compliance. We also discuss the likely costs of such a policy.
format	Journal Article
author	Salon, Deborah Sperling, Daniel Meier, Alan Murphy, Sinnott Gorham, Roger Barrett, James
author_facet	Salon, Deborah Sperling, Daniel Meier, Alan Murphy, Sinnott Gorham, Roger Barrett, James
author_sort	Salon, Deborah
title	City Carbon Budgets : A Proposal to Align Incentives for Climate-Friendly Communities
title_short	City Carbon Budgets : A Proposal to Align Incentives for Climate-Friendly Communities
title_full	City Carbon Budgets : A Proposal to Align Incentives for Climate-Friendly Communities
title_fullStr	City Carbon Budgets : A Proposal to Align Incentives for Climate-Friendly Communities
title_full_unstemmed	City Carbon Budgets : A Proposal to Align Incentives for Climate-Friendly Communities
title_sort	city carbon budgets : a proposal to align incentives for climate-friendly communities
publishDate	2012
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City Carbon Budgets : A Proposal to Align Incentives for Climate-Friendly Communities

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