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Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation Actions to ��w� p Integrated Climate Action Plan for the Island of Hawal'i Build Local Resilience to Climate Change *00, *# Eay�= EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded in its most recent report that human activities have unequivocally caused global warming.' Climate change is already impacting the lands and waters on which we live and the health of our communities. Purpose & Scope The ICAP introduces the County of Hawaii's strategic roadmap for implementing climate action. The plan identifies actions the County government itself can take and is a first step for the County holding itself accountable for climate action. The actions outlined in the ICAP will help the County achieve the following vision and goals, in alignment with existing State and County priorities. Vision" We ensure a just transition to a climate resilient island by addressing the causes and impacts of climate change through incorporating equitable climate mitigation and adaptation priorities into policies, programs, infrastructure, and decision making. Goals: 1. Improve county capacity to implement climate action. 2. Reduce the County's contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions. 3. Increase the resilience of County infrastructure, assets, and services to climate change impacts. Climate Action Framework To accomplish these goals, the ICAP identifies climate mitigation Climate Community systems g Change produce greenhouse and adaptation actions to be taken Drivers gases which are the b Hawaii County. Mitigation main drivers gf Y Y g � climate change includes actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and Climate Change intervention points adaptation includes actions that Indicators are where climate build resilience to climate change action can be taken impacts. Each action has social and Community economic co-benefits beyond Systems physical, climate change. A climate action Climate social,economic, framework was developed to Change cultural, describe the cascading effects of Hazards native ecosystems,governance climate change and identify intervention points for County action ystems see figure). Ex Exposure and risk Community impacted p are impacted byy analyses for the cascades were climate change and conducted using a geospatial compounding hazards overlay of climate hazards on maps of County assets. 1 United Nations, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)(2023)Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment(AR6), Summary for Policy Makers. https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6syr/pdf/IPCC AR6 SYR SPM.pdf Executive Summary iv