Planning for Climate Change Mitigation

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Planning for Climate ChangeMitigation
Adaptation Strategies for Small Islands

• Makena Coffman
• Assistant Professor
• Department of Urban Regional Planning

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How and Why to Reduce GHG Emissions?

• Hawaii is 0.3 of US GHG Emissions
• Leadership Role in the U.S. Pacific
• ACT 234
• 2nd State to legislate Kyoto-like measures
• Market-Based Mechanisms
• Minimize Leakage
• Challenges of Islands (imports, smaller markets)

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Planning for Changing Ecosystems Infrastructure

• Climate change is going to happen
• Public Benefits Fund
• Adjustment costs
• Natural Resource Infrastructure Management
• Anticipate a changing economy
• Tourism
• High dependence on imports
• Challenges facing many Pacific Islands
• Acting under uncertainty
• ex hurricanes

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Role of Planning

• Still in the mitigation game
• IPCC 7 years
• Start planning for likely scenarios
• Theory of Change - Kanu Hawaii
• personal, business, government
• Be the change you want to see in the world
• -Gandhi