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Islands: Lessons
and Actions in
State and County
Climate Planning
HCPO 2024
Session Overview
Approaches to GHG Mitigation &
Climate Adaptation (30 minutes)
Panel Discussion: Impact & Lessons
Learned (30 minutes)
Audience Questions and Discussion
(30 minutes)
Four County Sustainability Network
MISSION
The Four County Sustainability
Network (4CSN) is a collaborative
of county sustainability staff in
the state of Hawai‘i that strives to
transform local government in
support of equitable, sustainable,
and resilient communities.
EXAMPLES
•Connections & Capacity:
Climate Mayors; Urban
Sustainability Directors’
Network (USDN); VISTA
program
•Policy: Mayors’commitment to
100% renewable energy in the
transportation sector by 2045
•Advocacy: VW settlement
funds for greening mass transit
Meet our Panelists
Ron Whitmore, Moderator, Raimi + Associates
Udi Mandel, State of Hawaiʻi Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Commission
Alexander Yee, City and County of Honolulu Office of Climate Change, Sustainability and Resiliency
Kendra Obermaier, County of Hawaiʻi Office of Sustainability, Climate, Equity, and Resilience
Joshua Cooper, County of Maui Office of Innovation & Sustainability
Ana Española, County of Kauaʻi Office of Economic Development
County of
Hawai‘i
Office of Sustainability, Climate,
Equity & Resilience (OSCER)
The Planning Approach
Planning Approach Highlights:
•Cross-Departmental effort between the Planning and Research & Development Depts.
•Formed a Community Working Group (WG) at the beginning of the process; WG advised throughout
•Engaged depts. in development of actions; Each action was approved by the lead dept.
•Subject matter experts reviewed narrative components, hazard analysis, and strategies in the plan
Scope:Integrated (Mitigation + Adaptation); Focus on County Operations & Engaging
government employees & agencies implementing actions
1.Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2.Air and Sea Surface Temperature
3.Drought and Severe Rainfall
4.Sea Level Rise
5.Tropical Cyclones & Storm Surge
ex: Energy & Electricity Use
ex: Reduce energy cost of municipal water
supply
ex: Install new hydroturbine at Waimea Water
Treatment Plant
Integrated Climate Action Plan
Cascade Framework:
Climate Cascades Framework:
Intervention Point:
Strategy:
Action:
Implementation & Impacts
Next Steps:
•Implemented short-term priorities, including
establishing OSCER office
•Building community relationships for ongoing
partnerships & eventually community-based CAP
•Monitoring progress (34% actions have been
started or completed)
•Integrating work into larger efforts to build County
capacity
City and County
of Honolulu
Office of Climate Change,
Sustainability and Resiliency
The Planning Approach
•Separate plans for GHG mitigation and adaptation
•Planning Principles for both:
○Community Centered
○CBO-partnered outreach
○Community Advisory Hui/Project Review Body
•Integration of cultural practitioners through CBO
process
CBO Partner
CCSR
CBO CBO CBO CBO
Advisory Hui
●Required by Ord.
●Focus Areas:
○Transportation
○Electricity
○Waste
The Plans
Adopted June 3, 2021*
*Update in progress Adopted February 28, 2024
●Called for in O‘ahu
Resilience Strategy
●Focus Areas:
○Sea Level Rise
○Heat
○Drought & Wildfire
○Flash Flooding
○Hurricanes
In common:
●Audience = community; Users = City (and community)
●Policy Plans for the entire City, All Depts Implement, Workplan for CCSR
Coming soon!
One ClimateOne Oʻahu
C L I M A T EA C T I O N P L A N2 0 2 5 -2 0 3 0
●Required by Ord.
●Focus Areas:
○Transportation
○Renewable Energy
Generation
○Efficient Buildings
○Waste
○Food Systems
○Land Use
○Healthy Ecosystems
Implementation & Impacts
•Climate Ready Oʻahu -Implementation In Progress
○45% actions initiated or in progress since adoption in Feb.
2024
○CBO Partnerships deepening with Climate Champions Program
(Action 2.1)
•Supported by EPA Grant, funding 6 CBOs, 8 Champions
○Climate Financial Risk Study project launched
•Climate Action Plan -Update Underway
○Supported by EPA Grant
○Reframing City climate action for community benefits
○Contracting CBOs for place-based engagement
3
8
15
31
(5%)
(14%)
(26%)
(54%)
CRO Actions
Heat Mortality StudyClimate Change Design Guideline Training
County of
Kaua‘i
Led by the Planning Department
Supported by County’s Resilience Team
The Planning Approach
•Integrated Approach
•Adaptation: Enhance bond ratings
•Mitigation: Added after public feedback
•Extensive Community Engagement
•Interviews, talk stories, virtual and in-person
workshops, focus groups, community surveys,
department and agency check-ins
•Native Hawaiian Practitioner Meetings
FIVE PHASE PROCESS
Climate Adaptation & Action Plan
•Scope: Focuses on actions within County’s control
•Relation to Other Plans:
Implements and consolidates existing policies from County Plans (i.e.
General Plan, Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan)
•CAAP Structure:
•Public-facing sections
•Internal: Detailed strategies for County departments
Prioritize strategies that:
Implementation & Impacts
•Draft CAAP for public review end of 2024
•21 County “Division Action Plans” to easily
integrate and implement
•Explore e-plan software for tracking and
implementation
•Ongoing Engagement kauaiadaptation.com
County of Maui
Office of Innovation and Sustainability
Continuing Conversations & Shaping
Strategies
Integrated Approach
•Mitigation
•Resilience
•Adaptation
Layers of Learning with Multiple Circles of
Considerations
Kanaka Maoli Agreement with our Aina
Continuous
County &
Community
Conversations
Emerging
Environmentalists
Engagment
Sustainability
Strategists &
Scholars
Climate Justice
Juxtaposition
among Peers
‘Round Planet
Ka Hui Aloha
Aina
&
Na Hoa Aina
Kuikahi
Office of
Innovation &
Sustainability
Input
From Draft Plan to Priority Implementation
Climate Ready Maui Nui Action Plans
Resilience Hubs
State of Hawai‘i
Climate Action Pathway
State of Hawaiʻi Climate Action Pathway
-Map out actions to reduce GHGs by 2030, 2045 and beyond.
-Identify substantial community benefits including:
reducing cost of living through energy efficiency and improved public
transportation, waste reduction and diversion, natural resource
restoration, enhanced local food production and the reduction of fire risk.
Overall Principles of Climate Action Pathway Methodology
1.Co-designed with State, Counties, non-profit sector, and community.
2.Emphasis on equity and including and supporting Low Income and
Disadvantaged Communities.
3.Going beyond a planning document to an actionable and achievable tool
that orients policies and practice towards Climate Action for a Resilient
Hawai’i.
Methodology
1.Technical and Stakeholder Working Groups
-Subjects include:Equity,Sector-specific Issues and Targets,Carbon
Accounting,and Circular Economy Perspectives.
2.Project inclusion into CAP and in Grants-to-Projects Bridge.
3.Public and Community Engagement.
4.Online Engagement.
Panel
Discussion
Impact
Lessons Learned
Call to Action
Audience Q+A