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The Climate Planner is about overcoming the objections to climate change mitigation and adaption that urban planners face at a local level. It shows how to draft climate plans that encounter less resistance because they involve the public, stakeholders, and decisionmakers in a way that builds trust, creates consensus, and leads to implementation. Although focused on the local level, this book discusses climate basics such as carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Paris Agreement of 2015, worldwide energy generation forecasts, and other items of global concern in order to familiarize urban planners and citizen planners with key concepts that they will need to know in order to be able to host climate conversations at the local level. The many case studies from around the United States of America show how communities have encountered pushback and bridged the implementation gap, the gap between plan and reality, thanks to a commitment to substantive public engagement. The book is written for urban planners, local activists, journalists, elected or appointed representatives, and the average citizen worried about climate breakdown and interested in working to reshape the built environment.

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The Climate Planner is a very accessible and pragmatic book that helps readers navigate the challenging political landscape of climate change and find solutions. At the same time, the book is holistic and marries the disciplines of climate science, effective communication theory, and local climate planning to achieve the local cohesiveness required for climate action plan implementation. The Climate Planner empowers citizens, urban planners, and local elected leaders with solutions. The material is well-timed and opportune. I believe this book will become a classic in the field of planning. -Diana Pena, founding partner, Able City, U.S.A. Jason King provides us with real and practical solutions to the climate crisis. The Climate Planner is a great resource for anyone seeking to affect change in their communities. Offering the latest data and research in climate change and sustainability planning, The Climate Planner also provides a local perspective from cities and communities from across the world. Readers will come away empowered to fight for a better future, to answer the call to make a difference during these perilous times. -Carlos Gallinar, former planning director for El Paso and Principal at Gallinar Planning & Development, LLC, U.S.A.

The Climate Planner is a very accessible and pragmatic book that helps readers navigate the challenging political landscape of climate change and find solutions. At the same time, the book is holistic and marries the disciplines of climate science, effective communication theory, and local climate planning to achieve the local cohesiveness required for climate action plan implementation. The Climate Planner empowers citizens, urban planners, and local elected leaders with solutions. The material is well-timed and opportune. I believe this book will become a classic in the field of planning. -Diana Pena, founding partner, Able City, U.S.A. Jason King provides us with real and practical solutions to the climate crisis. The Climate Planner is a great resource for anyone seeking to affect change in their communities. Offering the latest data and research in climate change and sustainability planning, The Climate Planner also provides a local perspective from cities and communities from across the world. Readers will come away empowered to fight for a better future, to answer the call to make a difference during these perilous times. -Carlos Gallinar, former planning director for El Paso and Principal at Gallinar Planning & Development, LLC, U.S.A.

The Climate Planner is a very accessible and pragmatic book that helps readers navigate the challenging political landscape of climate change and find solutions. At the same time, the book is holistic and marries the disciplines of climate science, effective communication theory, and local climate planning to achieve the local cohesiveness required for climate action plan implementation. The Climate Planner empowers citizens, urban planners, and local elected leaders with solutions. The material is well-timed and opportune. I believe this book will become a classic in the field of planning. -Diana Pena, founding partner, Able City In these uncertain times we are living in, Jason King provides us with real and practical solutions to the climate crisis. The Climate Planner is a great resource for anyone seeking to affect change in their communities. Offering the latest data and research in climate change and sustainability planning, The Climate Planner also provides a local perspective from cities and communities from across the world. Readers will come away empowered to fight for a better future, to answer the call to make a difference during these perilous times. -Carlos Gallinar, former planning director for El Paso and Principal at Gallinar Planning & Development, LLC.

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Jason King, AICP, is an urban planner who has directed multi-disciplinary teams around the U.S. and the world, and has served as the project director and prime author on over 200 plans for cities, towns, neighborhoods, and corridors. From the first plan he worked on for the Tarautao Islands of Thailand, to the multiple plans he authored in Coastal Louisiana, Southeast Florida, and the American Southwest, Jason’s work has focused on social, economic, and climate change resilience. He is a Principal at Dover, Kohl & Partners.

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