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Climate Planning Services

One of the core missions of paleBLUEdot is to assist local governments, community organizations, and businesses in understanding and improving their climate resilience through climate planning.

Climate planning includes both climate mitigation as well as climate adaptation. “Mitigation” refers to the practice of reducing greenhouse gases, while “adaptation” refers to anticipating and taking action to reduce the adverse consequences of climate change, including those relating to natural hazard risks.

Example Inventory

Measure emissions

Understand your carbon footprint.

Greenhouse gas inventories identify where emissions come from across a community or organization, creating a baseline for climate action and a consistent way to measure progress.

  1. Measure key sources
    Assess emissions from buildings, energy, transportation, water, and waste.
  2. Understand trends
    Compare emissions across sectors and reporting years.
  3. Guide action
    Use the findings to set reduction priorities and track results.
Example Vulnerability Assessment

Understand climate risk

Know where climate risks are greatest.

Climate vulnerability assessments examine how changing conditions may affect people, natural systems, infrastructure, and essential services, helping communities identify and prioritize risks.

  1. Explore local projections
    Identify current and expected climate hazards.
  2. Assess exposure
    Examine risks to infrastructure, ecosystems, and vulnerable populations.
  3. Map priorities
    Locate and rank vulnerabilities to inform resilience planning.
Example Climate Action Plan

Reduce greenhouse gases

Turn climate goals into a roadmap.

Climate action plans translate emissions data into practical, measurable strategies for reducing greenhouse gases across a community or organization.

  1. Set reduction targets
    Build goals from inventory findings and local opportunities.
  2. Evaluate strategies
    Prioritize effective actions across energy, transportation, waste, and other sectors.
  3. Plan implementation
    Define actions, responsibilities, and ways to track progress.
Example Adaptation Plan

Build climate resilience

Prepare for a changing climate.

Climate adaptation plans turn identified vulnerabilities into prioritized strategies that reduce climate-related risks while strengthening community well-being and resilience.

  1. Build on risk findings
    Address local hazards and the people or assets most affected.
  2. Prioritize co-benefits
    Consider equity, available resources, and everyday community benefits.
  3. Engage and implement
    Build public support and identify actionable resilience strategies.
Example Carbon Sequestration Study

Strengthen green infrastructure

Make landscapes part of the solution.

Carbon sequestration planning explores how trees, vegetation, and land cover can capture and store carbon while supporting cooler, healthier, more resilient communities.

  1. Assess land cover
    Understand tree canopy, grass cover, and impervious surfaces.
  2. Identify opportunities
    Evaluate ways to strengthen carbon storage and green infrastructure.
  3. Set practical goals
    Develop achievable strategies with benefits beyond carbon capture.
Example Climate Survey

Hear community perspectives

Put community voices into climate planning.

Climate surveys help reveal what community members know, experience, and care about, giving planners a stronger foundation for meaningful engagement and locally relevant action.

  1. Understand awareness
    Explore community knowledge and perceptions of climate change.
  2. Identify priorities
    Learn about concerns, experiences, and preferred actions.
  3. Inform the plan
    Bring public input into planning decisions and ongoing engagement.

Planning services can be tailored to your community, organization, goals, and available resources.

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Explore our planning services

Climate Planning Services

One of the core missions of paleBLUEdot is to assist local governments, community organizations, and businesses in understanding and improving their climate resilience through climate planning.

Climate planning includes both climate mitigation as well as climate adaptation. “Mitigation” refers to the practice of reducing greenhouse gases, while “adaptation” refers to anticipating and taking action to reduce the adverse consequences of climate change, including those relating to natural hazard risks.

Measure emissions

Understand your carbon footprint.

Greenhouse gas inventories identify where emissions come from across a community or organization, creating a baseline for climate action and a consistent way to measure progress.

  1. Measure key sources
    Assess emissions from buildings, energy, transportation, water, and waste.
  2. Understand trends
    Compare emissions across sectors and reporting years.
  3. Guide action
    Use the findings to set reduction priorities and track results.
Example Inventory

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Planning services can be tailored to your community, organization, goals, and available resources.

Let's build a climate-resilient future together!

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