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AbL Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation Actions to 0-0�. Integrated Climate Action Plan for the Island of Hawall'i Build Local Resilience to Climate Change 66 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 fast 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 produce greenhouse systems g produce greenhouse and adaptation actions to be taken Change gases which are the p Drivers main drivers or by Hawaii County. Mitigation 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 climate change. A climate action Climate physical,Change social,economic, framework was developed to cultural, describe the cascading effects of Hazards native ecosystems.govemance climate change and identify intervention points for County action Community (see figure). Exposure and risk are impacted by analyses for the cascades were Compounding ciirmate change and conducted using a geospatial Hazards compounding hazards overlay of climate hazards on maps of County assets. ' United Nations, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)(2023)Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment(AR6), Summary for Policy Makers.https:iireport.ipcc.ch;ar6syr.!pdf,'IPCC AR6 SYR SPM.pdf Executive Summary iv