Release of Guide Centering Justice in Embodied Carbon Policies
Year Completed: 2024
A new guide and workbook for applying justice principles to materials resource management, new construction, and alternatives to demolition.
Launch of Handbook for Carbon Neutral Building
CNCA & Arup offer technical solutions for cities to make buildings climate positive with bio-based & low-carbon materials.
NYC’s Commitment To Reducing Carbon Emissions From the Food the City Serves
How NYC is getting plant-based meals into schools, hospitals, and jails.
CNCA’s 1st Online Course: Intro to Embodied Carbon
Free certification: Life cycle, biobased materials & circularity in construction.
Available Now.
As of 2023, CNCA and One Click LCA offer free certificate course available online for city officials on life cycle analysis, biobased materials and circularity in construction.
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CNCA Creates Consumer Emissions Policy Framework
CNCA & Gaia Consulting illustrate cities’ pathways to reduce Scope 3 emissions from Food, Textiles & Appliances.
Copenhagen’s Hyper-Local Approach
How the City is embedding local climate officers within the community.
Toronto’s Poop Power
How the world’s largest raw wastewater energy transfer system is being built.
Helsinki’s Creative Communications
How Helsinki is using apps and competitions to mobilize behavior change.
Amsterdam’s Action Networks
How Amsterdam is using ‘Action Networks’ to reduce citywide gas use by 15%.
Oslo’s Climate Budget Trailblazing
In 2016, Oslo became the world’s first city to adopt a climate budget.
San Francisco’s Creative Climate Plan Messaging
Most climate action plans are long, dry documents that few people understand. San Francisco decided to change that.
Washington DC’s Urban Agriculture Leadership
5 reasons why cities should create an office of urban agriculture.
Sydney’s Support of Indigenous Wildfire Prevention
Indigenous peoples’ knowledge of halting wildfires should be tapped more often as climate change stokes blazes from Canada to Australia.
CNCA’s Built Environment Messaging
Climate activism can’t leave out the built environment — it generates half of emissions.
CNCA Cities’ New Roles to Tackle Climate
What new job titles do cities need to tackle climate change?
CNCA’s Guide for Talking Climate Change
To win real climate action, we need to clearly show how that benefits people – and talk more frankly about the risks of inaction.