Positive steps for reducing the region's carbon footprint

The GreenCityBlueLake Institute has completed an initial 2005 baseline emissions inventory of greenhouse gases in Northeast Ohio.  Learn more about our region's carbon footprint here.

Using the 2005 baseline emissions inventory, GCBL has developed a business-as-usual 2050 scenario and corresponding action plans for 3 key sectors - energy generation, buildings, and transportation - to show realistic actions that can be taken over the coming decades for Northeast Ohio to reduce CO2 emissions by 90%.

These transition plans allow us to better understand the changes and investments that will be needed in the coming decades for our region to respond to anticipated federal regulations on greenhouse gas emissions, while successfully reducing carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions and positioning our region to create jobs and wealth.

Initial public working meetings were held in Fall 2008 and early 2009 to help inform and shape the solutions and recommendations for Northeast Ohio, resulting in the transition plans below: