Climate Action and the Inflation Reduction Act: A Guide for Local Government Leaders

What roles can local governments play to maximize the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act? City Scale partnered with C40 and Climate Mayors to develop Climate Action and the Inflation Reduction Act: A Guide for Local Government Leaders. This resource details the features of key climate-related IRA provisions and suggests ways local governments can contribute […]
The State of Local Climate Planning

The context around local climate action is changing, the opportunity is changing, and the need is changing. Is local climate planning keeping up? The State of U.S. Local Climate Action Planning is the collaborative reflection of a group of local climate practitioners. Through a series of conversations in 2019, we came to a shared recognition […]
U.S. Local Government Climate Program Participation: 2020 Snapshot

City Scale’s Local Government Climate Program Participation Database is the most comprehensive effort to track local government climate engagement in the United States. We created it to help understand the bigger picture of local government climate action, starting with the simple question: “How many cities do we know to be engaged in climate work?” Using […]