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Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Climate Adaptation Actions t <br /> Integrated Climate Action Plan for the Island of Hawaii Build Local Resilience to Climate Change *�►�'rr�� <br /> Ere <br /> EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br /> The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has concluded in its most recent <br /> report that human activities have unequivocally caused global warming.' Climate change is already <br /> impacting the lands and waters on which we live and the health of our communities. <br /> Purpose & St,Jpe The ICAP introduces the County of Hawaii's strategic roadmap for implementing <br /> climate action. The plan identifies actions the County government itself can take and is a first step for <br /> the County holding itself accountable for climate action. The actions outlined in the ICAP will help the <br /> County achieve the following vision and goals, in alignment with existing State and County priorities. <br /> Vision: We ensure a just transition to a climate resilient island by addressing the causes and <br /> impacts of climate change through incorporating equitable climate mitigation and adaptation priorities <br /> into policies, programs, infrastructure, and decision making. <br /> Goals: <br /> 1. Improve county capacity to implement climate action. <br /> 2. Reduce the County's contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions. <br /> Increase the resilience of County infrastructure, assets, and services to climate change impacts. <br /> Climate Action Framework <br /> To accomplish these goals, the <br /> ICAP identifies climate mitigation Climate Community <br /> g produce greenhouse <br /> Change <br /> and adaptation actions to be taken Drivers gases which are the <br /> byHawaii County. Mitigation main drivers of <br /> Y g climate change <br /> includes actions to reduce <br /> greenhouse gas emissions and Climate <br /> includes actions that Change 4 Intervention points <br /> adaptation <br /> Indicators are where climate <br /> build resilience to climate change action can be taken <br /> impacts. Each action has social and Community <br /> economic co-benefits beyond Systems <br /> climate change. A climate action Climate At physical,social,economic. <br /> framework was developed to Change cultural, <br /> Hazards native ecosystems, <br /> describe the cascading effects of governance <br /> climate change and identify <br /> intervention points for County action <br /> Ex Exposure and risk <br /> Communitysystems(see figure). <br /> p are impacted by <br /> analyses for the cascades were climate change and <br /> conducted using a geospatial compounding hazards <br /> overlay of climate hazards on maps <br /> of County assets. <br /> United Nations, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC)(2023)Synthesis Report of the IPCC Sixth Assessment(AR6), <br /> Summary for Policy Makers. https://report.ipcc.ch/ar6syr/pdf/IPCC AR6 SYR SPM.pdf <br /> Executive Summa iv <br />