Irvine, CA achieves community buy-in on climate change mitigation with Cool Block Program
Irvine, CA Cool Block Program Community Climate Change
City officials worked with 25 local organizations to recruit 200 block leaders throughout Irvine. Each leader hosts regular meetings with interested households on their block using Cool Block resources. Meetings teach residents about disaster preparedness, food waste, water conservation, and other topics before setting individual goals. A pilot fund offers $1,000 grants and no-interest loans of up to $25,000 per applicant for home energy retrofits.
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Building a Climate Movement - C40 Cities
Recognising ambitious city-led efforts to build a united, diverse and inclusive climate movement. Finalists: Irvine, Renca, Seattle, Tokyo / Kuala Lumpur
Cool Block Program | City of Irvine
The City of Irvine was chosen as one of three cities to participate in the Cool City Challenge to create a climate moonshot strategy — an ambitious, exploratory, and ground-breaking approach to reach community wide and inclusive sustainability. Irvine joins the cities of Los Angeles and Petaluma as awardees in the innovative new Cool City Challenge (CCC) initiative.
Project Succeeded
Cool Block leaders recorded 1,385 actions by participants for an estimated carbon reduction of 230,000 tons. Irvine was named a finalist in the Building a Climate Movement category at the C40 Cities Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards.
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