G7 Roundtable on Subnational Climate Actions
0. Definitions
Subnational governments refer to all levels of governments other than national
governments including regions, provinces, territories, states, counties, cities andtowns. Subnational climate actions include those for adaptation and mitigation taken
by subnational governments in collaboration with other stakeholders and partners.
1. BackgroundAs confirmed in the following communiqué and other output documents,
subnational governments play a crucial role as drivers of transformation for net zero
emissions and therefore are becoming more important than ever to achieve national
and international goals of net zero emissions and climate resilience. Multi-level
actions by relevant stakeholders including subnational governments andadministrations themselves, as well as national governments, civil society
organisations, business sectors, citizens and other key partners including Indigenous
Peoples are crucial in advancing subnational climate actions.
The twenty seventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) to theUnited Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, adopted the Sharm el-Sheikh Implementation Plan,
which recognizes the important role of non-Party stakeholders including cities
and civil society, in addressing and responding to climate change andhighlights the urgent need for multilevel and cooperative action in this regard.
In the Communiqué of the G7 Toyama Environment Ministers’ Meeting heldin 2016, we reaffirmed the importance of the role of cities and subnational
actors in sustainable development and addressing climate change,
biodiversity loss and pollution.
In the Communiqué of the G7 Climate and Environment Ministers’ Meeting
held in 2021, we recognised the importance of working closely with city, state
and regional governments in driving the transition to a net zero economy, andthe vital role of national governments to support such actions.
In the Communiqué of the G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’Meeting held in 2022, we acknowledged the important role of cities, regions
and local governments in implementing a just climate and energy transition
and in making the transition socially acceptable in the context of local needs
and environmental conditions. We further committed to facilitate
international city-to-city collaboration towards decarbonisation. We also
championed the active involvement, consultation, leadership andparticipation in climate, energy and environment decision-making from allgroups of society, Indigenous Peoples, women and girls, people withdisabilities and their representative organisations, local communities, lowincome communities and marginalised populations.
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The Communiqué of G7 the Ministerial Meeting for Urban Development heldin 2022 states that cities and urban areas are critical global systems to combat
the triple crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and commit
to support the implementation of the action-oriented approaches in urban
development policy, including strengthening dialogue between local andnational levels.
The 2023 U7 Mayors Declaration states sustainable urban development as
the engine for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) andfacing the global climate emergency. The U7 Group calls the G7 to engage
local governments actively in the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement
towards and at COP28 in Dubai as an opportunity to embrace multilevelclimate action as the new normal in the 2nd Phase of the Paris Agreement
and rapidly raise ambitions regarding Nationally Determined Contributions
through the transformative power of sustainable urbanization.
Especially, cities, which account for approximately 70% of global GHG emissions1 andtwo-thirds of global energy consumption, are at the forefront of making global efforts
for transition to decarbonization. In addition, cities, which are home to 50% of the
global population with the projected increase to two-thirds by 2050, are also highly
vulnerable to the potential impacts of climate change and subnational actors areimportant drivers in climate resilient development pathways. The third part of the
IPCC Sixth Assessment Report highlights that urban areas can create opportunities tosignificantly reduce GHG emissions through the systemic transition of infrastructure
and urban form through low-emission development pathways towards net-zeroemissions.
In light of these, we reaffirm the vital role of national governments, jointly with local
and regional institutions, in promoting and supporting subnational climate actions.
National and international policies and programs can help subnational governments
address challenges in taking their climate actions, build on their leadership andongoing efforts, raise their local ambitions or upscale them to national levels or
beyond, and promote adoption of best practices across the country and beyond.
Despite different governance systems among G7 members, we have significant setsof policies and programs supporting subnational climate actions, both domesticallyand internationally, which are worth sharing and peer learning for further
improvement.
With this in mind, we establish a G7 Roundtable on Subnational Climate Actions topromote multilevel cooperation between national and subnational governments aswell as enhance collaboration among G7 in international cooperation.

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In 2020, urban emissions were estimated to be 29 GtCO2-eq (67–72% of the global share)(IPCC, 2022)
22. Scope of the G7 Roundtable on Subnational Climate Actionsi) Objectives
Focusing on the vital role that national governments play in assisting and expanding
subnational climate actions, the roundtable is for G7 members to enhance mutual
learning and policy improvement through sharing their policies and programmes at
the national level, including jointly implemented with the local and regional
institutions, in promoting subnational climate actions (i) in their respective countries(domestic policies and programmes) and (ii) outside of G7 member countries(international cooperative programmes). It also explores opportunities forinternational cooperative actions among G7 members including facilitating city-tocity collaboration.
ii) Scope of work
The scope of policies and programmes to be shared may include, but is not limited
to, those pursued by national governments on adaptation and mitigation, with afocus on policy tools for legal, technical, or financial assistance and capacity building
initiatives for subnational governments.
iii) Members
The roundtable consists of representatives of national governments from G7
members. Representatives of U7 are invited to the roundtable meeting. G7 members
can also nominate other representatives of subnational governments and/or otherpartners in respective countries to the roundtable meeting if deemed appropriate.
iv) Activities
Under the Japan G7 presidency, the roundtable meeting will be organised in mid2023 with the aim to share national policies and programmes promoting subnational
climate actions.
v) Expected Outputs
Discussions at the roundtable will be compiled into a summary report to be publishedat COP28 to the UNFCCC with the aim to disseminate its outputs to the wider
international community including G20.

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(Reference Table)
Outline of national policies and programmes in promoting subnational climate actions
Country

CanadaDomestic policies and programmes
The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean
Growth and Climate Change (PCF),
established in 2016, is a collaborative
agreement between federal, provincial,
and territorial governments that seeks to
reduce emissions in line with Canada’s
international climate change targets andbuild resilience to adapt to a changing
climate. The PCF provides provinces andterritories flexibility to develop their own
policies and programs, supported by key
federal investments, such as the Low
Carbon Economy Fund, which also
supports the low-carbon economy
transition of municipalities, businesses,
and Indigenous Peoples, among others.

International cooperative programmes
Canada, alongside the United Kingdom,co-chairs the Powering Past Coal
Alliance (PPCA), which is the driving
force behind global efforts to phase out
unabated coal power. To date, the PPCA
includes more than 165 members,
including national and subnational
governments, businesses, and financial
institutions. The PPCA helps to amplify
the efforts of subnational members tophase out unabated coal power
generation, including by highlighting
their work through reports and events, aswell as sharing knowledge to support thetransition from coal to clean powersystems.

Canada’s first National Adaptation
Strategy (NAS), released in November
2022, was developed with provincial,territorial and municipal governments,
Indigenous Peoples, and other key
partners, and reflects a shared vision forclimate resilience in Canada, identifying
key priorities for increased collaborationand establishing a framework formeasuring progress at the national level.

Canada has also launched the Global
Carbon Pricing Challenge (GCPC), whichaims to triple the coverage of carbon
pricing around the world to reach 60% of
global GHG emissions by 2030. The GCPC
is a partnership of carbon pricing
champions committed to supporting the
expansion of carbon pricing bystrengthening domestic systems andsupporting jurisdictions in developing
new pricing systems.

The Government of Canada also invests
in projects in communities, such as
through the Disaster Mitigation and
Adaptation Fund, to build solutions to
mitigate climate impacts such as
flooding, wildfires and drought; theGreen and Inclusive Community
Buildings Program to support lower
carbon, more resilient, and higher
performing publicly accessible buildings;
and the Natural Infrastructure Fund andNatural Climate Solutions Fund for
projects and initiatives that use naturebased solutions to protect the naturalenvironment, reduce pollution, enhancebiodiversity and habitats.

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As well, through its $5.3 billion climate
finance commitment, Canada hasannounced a number of initiatives that
support multilevel actions by a variety of
stakeholders. For example, at COP27,
Canada committed $10 million to
Promoting Climate Smart Agricultureand Agro-biodiversity for Enhancing
Adaptive Capacity of Vulnerable Rural
Communities in Old and New Lands ofUpper and Lower Egypt. This initiative is
expected to benefit over 8,000
smallholder farmers and 144 locallybasedorganizations,
includinggovernment
ministries,
academic
institutions and local organizations bysupporting climate-smart agriculture andagriculture biodiversity practices in
Aswan, Beheira, and Kafr El Sheikh,
Egypt.

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centralgovernment,themeteorological service and stateagencies provide climate data at the local
scale (8 km*8 km) via the DRIAS
platform, simplified information on
climate change at the regional scale via
Climat HD, at the municipal scale via
Climadiag Commune and operates The
Resource Centre for Adaptation to
Climate Change, which is positioned as asingle point of information, redirecting
local authorities to all the data andmethods proposed on the subject ofadaptation to climate change. Climate
and energy observatories set up on a
voluntary basis in different regions also
provide territorial actors with climatechange indicators and examples ofadaptation actions. It is also planned totrain at least 30,000 mayors in thechallenges of ecological transition on thebasis of a successful pilot training courseon adaptation for local elected officials
held in September 2022.

FranceA fund to accelerate the ecologicaltransition in the territories, known as the"Green Fund", with €2 billion in 2023
from the State and €1.2 billion from the
Bank of the territories, has been set up to
help all local authorities and theirgroupings, both in mainland France andin the French Overseas Territories, toimprove
theirenvironmental
performance, to adapt their territory to
climate change and to improve theirliving environment. These data,
indicators, methods and financial
resources are meant to help local
authorities that have legal obligations toadapt (Regions and inter-municipalities
with more than 20,000 inhabitants) andto encourage all local authorities tolaunch ambitious strategies, plans andprojects..

5France has been involved for many years
in numerous international partnerships
with the aim to have mutual exchangesof knowledge and to promote France’s
expertise in terms of sustainable cities
and territories, particularly in the fieldsof planning, urban renewal andgovernance. The deployment of the
EcoQuartier Label illustrates it, with areference framework and a process thatcan be adapted to all contexts. These
partnerships also rely on the France Ville
Durable association, whose vocation isto promote abroad the know-how of
public and private players as well as tofacilitate exchanges locally.
The
AgenceFrançaisedeDéveloppement (AFD) also provides
support for local authorities in terms of
mitigation and adaptation, using various
levers, such as:- Adopting an incentive framework (e.g.
work with the Inter-American
Development Bank on the local
implementation of the NDCs inseveral Latin American countries).
- Encouraging
resilienturbandevelopment (DRR, biodiversity, andNbS (e.g. sponge city projects in
Mianyang, China))- Promoting projects to reduce GHG
emissions (e.g. structuring Solid Waste
Management value chain in Conakry,
Guinea)- Mobilizing dedicated funds and tools
to identify and design urban projects
with climate co-benefits (e.g. a Facility
forTechnical
AssistanceandPreparation of Low-Carbon andResilient Urban Projects in Africa)
Territorial leadership: Go beyond the
local authority’s perimeter of “patrimony
and competences” to involve other
territorial actors (e.g. call for projects on
climate change adaptation such as theone drawn up by the City of Paris).

The Federal Climate Protection Act(KSG) – sets binding targets for reducing
greenhouse gas. It also addresses
subnational entities.

Germany has a comprehensive bi- undmultilateral programme portfolio on
climate change and subnational climate
action. Relevant global programmes are:Climate Action Plan 2050 – Thegovernment's overarching mitigation
strategy,
which
also
addresses
subnational entities. The Climate Action
Programme 2030 contains the measuresneeded to achieve the defined aims for
2030.

City Climate Finance Gap Fund – earlystage project preparation.
Cities Climate Finance Leadership
Alliance (CCFLA) – multi-stakeholder
alliance to mobilize urban climate
finance.
Leadership for Urban Climate
Investment (LUCI) – platform to reachbold and effective urban climate
finance targets.
C40 Cities Finance Facility – supports
climate-friendly
infrastructure
projects.
Transformative
Urban
Mobility
Initiative (TUMI) and Action towards
Climate friendly Transport Initiative(ACT) – promote climate-friendly, safe,
inclusive and affordable urban
mobility.
FELICITY II – support to create
favourable framework conditions andproject preparation.
Transformative Urban Coalitions(TUC) – bottom-up urban labs andstakeholder
engagement,
transformative research.
National Development Banks for
Urban Climate Action Programme(NUCA) – strengthening NDB´s urban
financing capacities and products.
Urban-Act – support to decarbonised
and resilient urban development in
Asia.

National Climate Initiative (NKI) –funding programme that focuses on local
authorities in implementing climate
protection measures.
Urban
Development
Supportprogramme –funding programme offederallevel,
state
level
and
municipalities that supports urban
development projects.
Energy-efficient Urban Redevelopment–supports energy upgrading of entire
urban areas.

Germany

Federal Consulting agencies – support
and advice subnational entities in
implementing
climateprotection
measures.
Adaptation of Urban Spaces to Climate
Change programme – investment
programme which supports thedevelopment and modernisation of theblue-green infrastructure.
Climate Change Adaptation Centre –supports municipalities and social
institutions providing practical advice
and information.
German Adaptation Strategy funding
programme – funds for climate change
adaptation managers to secure theirexpertise.
Climate change adaptation in social
institutions – funding programme formunicipalities and welfare associations.
Federal Action Plan on Nature-based
Solutions for Climate and Biodiversity –strengthens ecosystems and unites
climate action and nature conservation
on federal and sub-national level.

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The sub-national level is also consideredin many projects that aim atstrengthening adaptation to climatechange measures in partner countries.
Germany has several Partnerships andcollaborationwithcity-networks,
networks of subnational regions andmunicipalities to address sharedchallenges of climate action incl.
exchange of knowledge innovative
solutions.

ItalyTwo Roundtables are active at Ministry
for the Environment and Energy Security(MASE) for the NSDS application at
subnational levels. All Regions and theAutonomous Provinces of Trento andBolzano – Alto Adige are currently
working on their own Strategies for
Sustainable Development. Some of themdeveloped
Climate
Adaptation
strategies. All Metropolitan Cities are also
committed on the elaboration of
Metropolitan
Agendasfor
Sustainable Development.
These
initiatives
areintegrated
with
programmes on sustainable mobility:
National Experimental Programme of
Sustainable Home-School and HomeWork Mobility on car-pooling, car/bikesharing, pedestrian routes, mobility
vouchers; Sustainable Urban Mobility
Incentive
Programme(PrIMUS);
Programme for the promotion ofsustainable school transport on
promoting the use of hybrid or electricvehicles.
An important role is played by civilsociety: the Green City Network-morethan 300 cities and 80 experts fromAcademia/Research
center-promotes
carbon neutrality. Moreover, many
innovative initiatives are led by the cities
themselves: Bologna and Milano haveadopted an innovative approach for the
involvement of citizens in the energy
transition with the creation of the“Citizens' Assembly” and “Permanent
Citizens' Climate Assembly” respectively.
Prato, the largest textile center in Europe,is promoting innovative projects on
circular economy such as “Prato Circular
City (PCC) and the industrial symbiosis
for textile district.
The role of the innovative financing
mechanism is crucial: the Milano
Transition Fund for the creation of central
public-aligned entity that combines
public and private finance to deliver
Green Neighbourhoods.

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The Digital Demand-Driven Electricity
Network Initiative (3DEN), coordinatedby IEA and financially supported by
MASE, is working to accelerate progresson power system modernisation andeffective utilisation of distributed energy
resources through policy, regulation,technology and investment guidance at
local level. 3DEN has a global focus. Initial
geographic priorities include Brazil,
Colombia, India, Indonesia, Morocco,
South Africa, Tunisia, and critical regions
like Latin America, Africa and ASEAN. On
2022 has been launched a testing phaseat local level, in collaboration with UNEP,
through pilot projects in Brasil, Colombia,
India and Morocco.
In the framework the European initiative'Mission 100 climate neutral and smart
cities 2030', the 9 Italian cities selected(Bergamo, Bologna, Firenze, Milano,
Padova, Parma, Prato, Roma e Torino)
have created a formal national platform,
open to collaboration with the national
central administrations and other
European cities and supported from theEuropean commission through the Net
Zero Cities project.

The Regional Decarbonization Roadmap With a view to spread "decarbonisationJapan

was formulated in 2021, based on whichthenational
andsubnational
governments work together to promote
regional decarbonisation that will be a
growth strategy for regions, including not
only urban but also rural areas. The
national government provides acomprehensive support to subnational
governments, in terms of human,
technical and financial resources. Basedon the roadmap, Japan will designate atleast 100 areas as "Decarbonization
Leading Areas", aiming to achieve
regional revitalisation as well as carbon
neutrality by 2030, ahead of the nationaltarget year of 2050, and replicate theseleading models to other areas for making"decarbonisation domino effect" acrossthe country.

domino effect" abroad, Japan supports
theCity-to-city
Collaboration
Programme, in which Japanese cities
transfer their knowledge and experienceondecarbonisation/adaptationinpartnership with private solution
providers, which leads to net-zeroambitions, implementation of actionplans and regulations, and application of
decarbonised/climateresilientinfrastructure in partner cities.

These initiatives are also integrated withother initiatives at the subnational level
including the Vision for a Digital Garden
City Nation, which aims to resolve local
challenges through the use of digitaltechnologies.

Japan also holds the Quad Workshop on
Subnational Climate Action with
Australia, India and the US, based on the
Quad Climate Change Adaptation and
Mitigation Package (Q-CHAMP) launchedin May 2022.

Japan Green Investment Corp. for
Carbon Neutrality (JICN), a public-private
investment fund, provides financial
supports to a variety of decarbonization
projects aiming to boost the investment
from the private sector.

The JICA Clean City Initiative is anothersupport programmes for cities initiated in
2022 to co-create tailored solutions forrealisation of clean cities in partnercountries.

Prefectural and municipal governments,
including government ordinancedesignated cities, are required to striveto (1) formulate Local Climate Change
Adaptation Plans and (2) establish Local
Climate Change Adaptation Centers.
The Ministry of the Environment, in
collaboration with the National Institutefor Environmental Studies, supports
their local activities by publishing
manuals, dispatching specialists, andcollecting/providing information on theimpact and adaptation of climatechange. The government also
proposes a bill to the National
Parliament to encourage actions against
heat illness by municipal governments.

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In addition, Japan holds a Zero Carbon
City International Forum for encouraging
net-zero commitments and sharing
leading cases of subnational climate
actions, based on the Japan-US Global
Subnational Zero Carbon Promotion
Initiative launched in COP26.

Under the Japan G7 Presidency, MOEJ
and JICA launch a new program, namely
Clean Cities Partnership Program (C2P2)
in 2023 to mobilize engagement of multistakeholders on target cities and provide
a comprehensive and synergetic support
to urban agenda including climatechange, environmental pollution andcircular economy.

The EU Covenant of Mayors for Climate& Energy brings together thousands of
local governments that voluntarily
commit to implementing EU climate andenergy objectives. The initiative has been
designed to provide local governments,
in highly diversified national contexts,
with a framework for their local energy
and climate action.
The Horizon Europe Mission on ClimateNeutral and Smart Cities involves local
authorities,
citizens,
businesses,
investors as well as regional and national
authorities to 1) deliver 100 climateneutral and smart cities by 2030; 2)
ensure that these cities act as
experimentation and innovation hubs toenable all European cities to follow suitby 2050.

The
EuropeanUnion

The Green City Accord is a movement ofEuropean mayors committed to making
cities cleaner and healthier. By signing
the Accord, cities commit to addressing
five
areas
of
environmental
management: air, water, nature andbiodiversity, circular economy and waste,
and noise.

The Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM)
is the largest global alliance for city
climate leadership, uniting over 12,500
cities and local governments and 100+
supporting partners. GCoM serves cities
and local governments by mobilising andsupporting ambitious, measurable,
planned climate and energy action in
their communities by working withcity/regional
networks,
national
governments, and other partners toachieve a net-zero vision.
International
Urban
Regional
Cooperation Programme (IURC): city-tocity collaboration between EU cities andcities worldwide. IURC leads anddevelops a form of decentralisedinternational urban and regional
cooperation whose main axes of activity
aretwo-fold:
sustainableurban
development and innovation in key
partner countries and regions.
Mission Innovation is a global initiative
to catalyse action and investment inresearch,development
anddemonstration to make clean energy
affordable, attractive and accessible toall this decade. This will accelerate
progress towards the Paris Agreement
goals and pathways to net zero.
With financial support from the EU from2021 to 2024, the Smart Green ASEAN
Cities (SGAC) programme assists ASEAN
member states in anticipating thesubstantial
pressurefromhighurbanisation rates by focusing on green
and
smart
solutionsthrough
digitalisation
and
the
use
of
technologies.
Cities and Climate in Africa (CICLIA)
Project in Sub-Saharan Africa is a facility
to support cities in transforming local
climate strategies into action plans,budgets, and urban investment projects
with climate co-benefits on both
mitigation and adaptation aspects.

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The UK Government is working closely
across all levels of government and with
Devolved Administrations in Wales,
Scotland and Northern Ireland to reduce
emissions and deliver net zero, as set out
in The Net Zero Strategy. This includes:
Establishing a Local Net Zero Forum tobring together national and local
government senior officials on a regularbasis to discuss policy and delivery
options on net zero. To date, the Forumhas held three meetings.
Funding five Local Net Zero Hubs in eachregion of England which support local
authorities to develop net zero projects
and attract commercial investment.
Funding work to develop businessmodels to increase private sector
investment in local net zero.

The
UnitedKingdom

The UK Government has also committed
up to £104 million of funding through theIndustrial Strategy Challenge Fund to
Prospering from the Energy Revolution(PFER). This is an innovation programme
which develops smart local energy
systems to provide investable, scalable
local business models and financemechanisms
using
integrated
approaches to deliver cleaner, cheaperenergy services.
Through PFER and the Local Net ZeroHubs, we have developed Net Zero Go,
an online platform to offer practicalsupport to help more councils deliverclean energy projects that help meet net
zero targets, and support a homegrown,
secure UK energy system.
The government has also establishedthe UK Infrastructure Bank with an
initial £12 billion of capital for the twingoals of tackling climate change andlevelling up. This includes a loan facility
for local government.

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Bristol and Glasgow are participating in
the EU’s Net Zero Cities Horizon
Programme - Net Zero Cities is a fouryear project designed to help cities
overcome the current structural,institutional, and cultural barriers they
face in order to achieve climate
neutrality by 2030.
Several UK cities are involved in The
Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM), thelargest global alliance for city climate
leadership across the globe.
The United Kingdom, alongside Canada,
co-chairs the Powering Past Coal
Alliance (PPCA), which is the driving
force behind global efforts to phase out
unabated coal power. To date, the PPCA
includes more than 165 members,
including national and subnational
governments, businesses, and financial
institutions. The PPCA helps to amplify
the efforts of subnational members tophase out unabated coal power
generation, including by highlighting
their work through reports and events, aswell as sharing knowledge to support thetransition from coal to clean powersystems.

The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)
expands tax credits for energy efficientcommercial buildings, new energy
efficient homes, and electric vehicle (EV)charging infrastructure. The IRA and the
U.S. Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)
include billions of dollars in grants andloans to cities and states to spurfinancing and deployment of new clean
energy and transportation projects.
U.S. EPA’s State and Local Climate andEnergy Program offers free tools, data
and technical expertise about energy
strategies, including energy efficiency,
renewable energy and other emerging
technologies, to help state, local andtribal governments achieve theirenvironmental, energy and economic
objectives.

The
UnitedStates ofAmerica

Launched by President Biden, theNational
Building
PerformanceStandards Coalition comprises anationwide group of state and local
governments that have committed toinclusively design and implementbuilding performance policies andprograms in their jurisdictions.
The U.S. Department of Energy and U.S.
Department of Transportation’s Joint
Office of Energy and Transportation
provides technical assistance, analysis,
and support to states and localities tohelp
modernizethenation’stransportation
systemandgive
Americans the option to choose electricvehicles and save money fueling theirvehicles.
The U.S. Center for Disease Control’s
Climate-Ready States and Cities
Initiative (CRSCI) is helping grantrecipients from 11 jurisdictions use thefive-step Building Resilience Against
Climate Effects (BRACE) framework to
identify climate impacts in theircommunities, potential health effects
associated with these impacts, and theirmost at-risk populations and locations.

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At COP 27, the United States launched
the Subnational Climate Action Leaders’Exchange (SCALE), a new initiative tosupport cities, states, and regions aroundthe world in the development andimplementation of net-zero, climateresilient targets and roadmaps. It willconnect local leaders with tools andresources to take ambitious climate
action across key sectors, starting with an
initial focus on methane reduction.
Together with Japan, the U.S. organizes
the Zero Carbon City International
Forum to facilitate the sharing of
knowledge and best practices on urban
climate action.
The U.S. (along with Canada, Germany,and the UK) supports the National
Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network,
which, among its work to support
developing countries advance their NAP
process, provides technical assistance forsubnational climate adaptation plansaligned with national adaptation plans.
The U.S. (along with the UK) supports the
Least Developed Countries Initiative for
Effective Adaptation and Resilience(LIFE-AR), an initiative working to create
national mechanisms in LDCs to channel
funding to the local level to advancelocally led adaptation.
The U.S. supports the Local2030 Islands
Network, an island-led initiative thatbrings together sustainable development
practitioners in small islands throughcommunities of practice to advanceresilience planning in varied subnational
contexts and sectors.