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|a Do city climate plans reduce emissions? |h [electronic resource]. |
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|a Journal of Urban Economics 71. |
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|a More than 600 local governments in the US are developing climate action plans that lay out specific measures
to reduce emissions from municipal operations, households and firms. To date, however, it is
unclear whether these plans are being implemented or have any causal effects on emissions. Using data
from California, I provide the first quantitative analysis of the impacts of climate plans. I find that cities
with climate plans have had far greater success in implementing strategies to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions than their counterparts without such plans. For example, they have more green buildings,
spend more on pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and have implemented more programs to divert
waste from methane-generating landfills. I find little evidence, however, that climate plans play any causal
role in this success. Rather, citizens’ environmental preferences appear to be a more important driver
of both the adoption of climate plans and the pursuit of specific emission reduction measures. Thus, climate
plans are largely codifying outcomes that would have been achieved in any case. |
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|a Electronic reproduction. |c Florida International University, |d 2015. |f (dpSobek) |n Mode of access: World Wide Web. |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. |
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|u http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI15052507/00001 |y Click here for full text |
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