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The measures recommended below provide the basis for the first comprehensive community scale climate action plan specifically for Carrboro. They are a companion to measures presented in the 2014 plan that focused on municipal operations. Other local governments and agencies and UNC continue to be engaged in similar locally relevant efforts13,14,1s To emphasize, the Task Force has recommended that the Town pursue a two -part climate action strategy. Strategy 1 is to provide leadership by following through with the recommendations outlined in the 2014 report. The Town of Carrboro efforts to reduce emissions sets an example for residents, businesses, and institutions. Strategy 2 is to further develop a community based initiative as detailed in this document and guided by the recommended Carrboro Climate Action Goal in tandem with a goal to protect and restore local ecosystems. Details for how to pursue these broader goals is provided in the following sections, starting with the critical element of the mobilization of the Carrboro community in support of the goals of this plan. Community Integration "Local" climate action planning has important but limited influence within a personal to global continuum (Table 1). The collective choices, behaviors, norms, requirements, and plans and agreements at lesser and greater social scales than that of a town of —20k people arguably have greater influence on GHG than the municipal /community scale. A very large share of the GHG footprint in the community occurs because of the collective impact of private decisions made by residents and businesses for which the Town has very limited involvement and oversight, and also within a global social context and the constraints of state, federal, and international laws, regulations, agreements and corporate (large scale) decisions. In terms of other levels of organization and governance and how they interact with community scale climate action planning, the following are important (and in some cases unique) points in Carrboro and indicate the Town's interdependence with many other entities in pursuing climate action planning: 13 hYt:.: �u�u�u .Yca�uincairc:h<a. +:::.lhii .oir t.:c��uin...h<a � +:�::.. < airt.: irr�7+: �::. int.:.s....sa:�.irviic. +:�::..s <aininiiin ...<aina'�- ..saA.st.:<aiM al:�iiliit.: .sa�.st.:<aiM al:�iiliit.: ...././ ........................................................................................................... ............................... /......................................... ............./................0 ....................................................................................................../......................................................................................................................................... Y......................................... .............................Y. 14 ht�j UVUV M.C7UV <a.s <a.Cilr f::`Inf::`Ir r'7<aln<a f::`In$. ...............:..d ...... .................................................. ..............................a .............................. Z. T........................................ v....... ............................... is Icy.t :�.Jp.�5 ZZ "d irr: 7..< t. t.+:.. LA..! �. c...+. �. d.. LA.. /....�,irF::.!::.in,lh,c�,��,,� 0