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` 2 * - The Cities for Climate Protection Program includes both counties and cities In addition to membership in CCP , Chapel Hill , Carrboro , and Orange County have adopted resolutions that pledge to reduce global warming by completing five steps : o Conducting a baseline emissions inventory and forecast emissions growth . o Setting an emissions reduction target . o Developing an action plan to meet the target . o Implementing actions in the plan , and o Monitoring and verifying emissions reduction progress . The Town of Chapel Hill ' s activity to initiate the five steps above was made contingent on obtaining outside resources or assistance to do so , which has not occurred to date . The Town of Carrboro plans to conduct the emissions inventory and forecasting with existing resources , but changes in staffing and other project priorities have allowed only minimal action . Orange County , as a part of its resolution , instructed staff to begin evaluating methods of achieving the inventory , including working jointly with the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro . The City of Durham completed a county - wide baseline emissions inventory and forecast of emissions , set an emissions reduction target , and developed an action plan to meet the target . This was done in 1999 by a consultant . The City has not taken any further action on this plan . The Durham City - County Environmental Affairs Board has recently encouraged the City and County to do so . As early as the summer of 2001 , the idea of joint progress towards the ICLEI commitments among Orange County jurisdictions has been discussed . Staff members from Orange County , Chapel Hill and Carrboro met periodically over the past two years to discuss a joint effort . In January 2003 , staffs met again , and discussed possible funding sources . Due to increasing emphasis on air quality issues in the regional transportation planning process , the group explored the feasibility of requesting funds from the Durham Chapel Hill Carrboro Metropolitan Planning Organization ( DCHC MPO ) . At the same time , Orange County ' s Commission for the Environment released its State of the Environment Report 2002 , and an inquiry was received from Durham regarding a joint effort via a State Energy program grant . ORANGE COUNTY 20002 3f NORTH CAROLINA CELEBRATING 250 YEARS