Capital Region Climate Action Plan
CDRPC is leading the development of the first-ever climate action plan for the Capital Region. In March 2024, the creation of a Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP) was completed. The next phase is the development of a Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP), which will be completed in September 2025.
The PCAP and CCAP is developed through a newly developed Climate Action Collaborative that includes a consortium of existing regional agencies, partner organizations and municipal climate action leaders covering Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga, Rensselaer, Columbia, Warren, Washington, and Greene Counties.
The Capital Region Climate Action Collaborative
The development of the PCAP and CCAP is taking place through a Climate Action Collaborative which includes a consortium of existing regional agencies, partner organizations and municipal climate action leaders covering Albany, Schenectady, Saratoga, Rensselaer, Columbia, Warren, Washington, and Greene Counties.
The Collaborative currently includes:
Regional Agencies:
- Capital Region Transportation Council
- Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA)
- Affordable Housing Partnership of Albany
Municipal Climate Leadership Steering Committee: Albany County, City of Albany, City of Cohoes, Columbia County, City of Glens Falls, Town/Village of Lake George, City of Saratoga Springs, and Schenectady County
Additional Partners: Troy Architectural Program, Solarize Capital Region, Capital District Community Energy, South End Community Collaborative, Zero Waste Albany, Albany County League of Women Voters.
Contact us at todd@cdrpc.org if your municipality or organization would like to join the Collaborative.
Priority Climate Action Plan (PCAP)
Completed March 2024, the PCAP is a narrative report that focuses on near-term, high-priority strategies to reduce GHG pollution from across the economy in six key sectors:
The PCAP includes a GHG inventory, Quantified GHG Reduction Measures, Low Income/Disadvantaged Communities Benefits Analysis, and a review of authority to implement.
The PCAP document can be found here:
Capital Region Priority Climate Action Plan
Comprehensive Climate Action Plan (CCAP)
Since May 2024, CDRPC has been working to expand the completed PCAP to include all sectors and will consist of a fully updated GHG inventory, GHG Emission Projections, GHG Reduction Targets, Quantified GHG Reduction Targets, Benefits Analysis (including LIDAC Analysis), Review of Authority to Implement, and Workforce Planning Analysis. The CCAP process will include broad municipal and stakeholder outreach and engagement.
The CCAP will be completed by September 2025 and will be here, when completed.
2010 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory
In 2010, the CDRPC commissioned the development of a GHG inventory that covers all major GHG sources in the eight-county Capital District Regional Economic Development Council (REDC) region. It was developed to support communities participating in the Climate Smart Communities (CSC) program. It also serves as the baseline for the Capital District Regional Sustainability Plan developed under the Cleaner Greener Communities (CGC) Program. The inventory was developed for the year 2010 and is based upon methods, data sources, and protocol established by the CSC and CGC programs. The report is primarily a GHG baseline and is not intended to cover the options available to reduce GHG emissions in the region. However, it does include policy scenarios to show how alternative fuels and vehicles may reduce emissions from the transportation sector. It also includes a detailed study of how household energy use varies across the region to help planners identify strategies to engage households in local sustainability efforts.
Click the image or this text to access the 2010 Regional GHG Inventory document
2010 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory Dashboard
The CDRPC has created a GHG inventory dashboard that updates the 2010 data to provide easily accessible detailed information on the region’s communities.
Click the image or this text to access the 2010 Regional GHG Inventory Dashboard
Take our Citizen Input Survey
We are interested in obtaining public input for this effort and would like to know what you think about some key actions that residents can take to help the region reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG). This survey takes only a few minutes to complete and your answers will be anonymous (unless you provide your contact information at the end of the survey for us to contact you – your contact information will not be published).
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CapRegClimateActionPlan
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If you want to learn more about our Climate Action Plan process or provide input on the Plan, please contact the CDRPC Director of Sustainability, Todd Fabozzi at todd@cdrpc.org
