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TOWN OF CARRBORO <br />NORTH CAROLINA <br />TRANSMITTAL PLANNING DEPARTMENT <br />DELIVERED VIA: ® HAND ❑ MAIL ❑ FAX ® EMAIL <br />To: Board of Aldermen <br />David Andrews, Town Manager <br />From: Randy Dodd, Environmental Planner <br />Thru: Patricia McGuire, Planning Director <br />Christina Moon, Planning Administrator <br />Date: November 8, 2016 <br />Subject: Draft Community Climate Action Plan Follow Up <br />Summary <br />At the June 21, 2016 meeting, the Board of Aldermen directed staff to assess the benefits of the <br />draft Community Climate Action Plan and report on an implementation schedule; the purpose of <br />this memo is to provide a response. "Benefits" as used herein refers primarily to climate <br />mitigation, or reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Other "benefits" are briefly presented, <br />including climate adaptation and resilience, a qualitative perspective of the "co- benefits" of <br />climate action, and monetary benefits through a relatively new economic concept, "the social <br />cost of carbon ". An appendix with implementation timing considerations has also been <br />prepared. <br />Information <br />Community Greenhouse Gas Inventory <br />The degree of future climate change is dependent on greenhouse gas emissions'. Actions taken <br />today to reduce greenhouse gas emissions mean less warming and less severe impacts. In the <br />' Melillo, Jerry, Terese Richmond, and Gary Yohe. "National Climate Assessment ". January 1, 2014. Accessed April 16, 2015. <br />http://nea2Ol4.globalchange.gov/highlights#section-5682. <br />1 <br />