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In 2020, the City of Houston released its first Resilient Houston strategy and Houston’s Climate Action Plan. Together, these form a framework for the city to adapt to and mitigate climate change. As called for in Resilient Houston, this Climate Impact Assessment is a
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5 paź 2020 · But as the climate warms, the economic and human tolls of catastrophic flooding from increasingly frequent and extreme weather events necessitate a more collective response, one that links urbanization to the imperatives of a safer, more economically sustainable and more just city.
On April 22, 2020 – the 50th anniversary of Earth Day – the City launched the science-based, community-driven Houston Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, meet the Paris Agreement goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, and lead the global energy transition.
Why climate change and renewable energy matters to Houston. Climate change is generally understood to be a series of changes in our global weather, oceans, and ecosystems, and that these changes are due to a buildup of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere that cause the planet to warm.
5 maj 2021 · HOW OUR REGION’S AIR AND WATER QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AFFECT OUR ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND FUTURE WELL-BEING. Fundamental to our existence are clean air, potable water, and temperatures being “just right” on Earth.
Plans to modernize Houston’s Construction Code, pilot Lily Pads, develop a comprehensive buy-in/buy-out strategy, model Houston’s stormwater infrastructure, and update the city’s Hazard Mitigation Plan are expected to kick off by Spring of 2022.
