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2021-09-03 WWF OPCC 2021 - Cities Responses
| Row number | Account Number | Account Name | Country | CDP Region | Parent Section | Question Number | Question Name | Column Number | Column Name | Row Number | Row Name | Response Answer | Comments | File Name |
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| 114251 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.0 | Please detail sustainability goals and targets (e.g. GHG reductions) that are incorporated into your city’s master plan and describe how these are addressed in the table below. | 2 | Description | 2 | 100% Clean Renewable Energy when replacing space conditioning, hot water, and transportation equipment and vehicles by 2050 | |||
| 114252 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.0 | Please detail sustainability goals and targets (e.g. GHG reductions) that are incorporated into your city’s master plan and describe how these are addressed in the table below. | 2 | Description | 3 | Transition Abington Township's vehicle fleet to 100% electric vehicles by 2030 | |||
| 114253 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.0 | Please detail sustainability goals and targets (e.g. GHG reductions) that are incorporated into your city’s master plan and describe how these are addressed in the table below. | 2 | Description | 4 | Defining clean, renewable energy as carbon-free and pollution-free energy generated sustainably from renewable sources such as wind, solar, small hydro, tidal, fuel cells and geothermal | |||
| 114254 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.0 | Please detail sustainability goals and targets (e.g. GHG reductions) that are incorporated into your city’s master plan and describe how these are addressed in the table below. | 2 | Description | 5 | The 2018 IPCC recommended reduction targets of1. 45% reduction from from 2010 carbon emissions by 2030 2. “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050 | |||
| 114255 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.1 | Please attach the letter from your city’s Mayor requesting the relevant local government department to participate in the Green Climate Cities (GCC) program. | 0 | Resolution No. 21-019: The Abington Township's Climate Collaborative of Greater Philadelphia: An Initiative to Accelerate Effective Climate Actions was signed by President of the Board of Commissioners (the Township's highest elected official) John L. Spiegelman and Township Manager Richard J. Manfredi on July 8, 2021. Page 3 of the resolution states "The Abington Township Environmental Advisory Council will provide guidance as requested, by the Abington Township Board of Commissioners, and the Office of the Township Manager to integrate these opportunities, initiatives and goals into the work flow of Township Departments including Wastewater, Public Works, Engineering and Code, Parks and Recreation, Community Development, Fire, and Police and guide local community organizations, businesses, institutions, and residents."In addition, Abington Township was selected by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for the 2020-2021 Local Climate Action Program (LCAP) (see https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/climate/Pages/Local-Climate-Action.aspx and scroll to July 2020-June 2021 and click on Local Governments and scroll to Abington Township in Montgomery County. ICEI USA was the contractor for the program to conduct the training and review the each participating jurisdiction's climate action plan. are matched with college students across the state and trained by a DEP contractor, <a href="https://icleiusa.org/" target="_blank">ICLEI USAOpens In A New Window, to develop GHG inventories and climate action plans. Via a series of live training webinars and one-on-one technical assistance, ICLEI guides the student/local government teams in creating GHG inventories and climate action plans.Teams are provided access to <a href="https://icleiusa.org/clearpath/" target="_blank">ICLEI’s ClearPath inventory toolOpens In A New Window to create local GHG inventories in the fall. They undertake the climate action planning process in the spring. This includes community engagement via in-person workshops, virtual meetings, or online surveys. | Climate Collaborative Resolution SIGNED.pdf | ||||
| 114256 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.2 | Please list the local government departments involved in the GCC program and its role. | 1 | Name of the department | 1 | (1) The Special Assistant to the Township Manager and (2) supported by the Township's officially appointed volunteer council, the Abington Township Environmental Advisory Council (AT EAC) . The Township has successfully applied to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Local Climate Assistance Program (LCAP) to develop a greenhouse gas inventory and a climate action program. Information about the successful application of being one of the 20 selected jurisdictions into the 2020-2021 "formal cohort" of the program and the ICLEI methodology and LCAP Resources may be found at https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/climate/Pages/Local-Climate-Action.aspx. In addition, the Township's EAC is leading the community in the US Green Building Council's LEED for Cities recertification during 2020-2021. More can be seen at https://www.usgbc.org/articles/us-green-building-council-expands-its-leed-cities-and-communities-program-new-500000-grant and https://www.usgbc.org/projects/abington-township and current progress at https://app.arconline.io/plaque/1000115190/k4Vj8TbzxoKRLaLSZbC8rpdq. | |||
| 114257 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.2 | Please list the local government departments involved in the GCC program and its role. | 1 | Name of the department | 2 | Information Technology | |||
| 114258 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.2 | Please list the local government departments involved in the GCC program and its role. | 2 | Number of employees in the department | 1 | 1 | |||
| 114259 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.2 | Please list the local government departments involved in the GCC program and its role. | 2 | Number of employees in the department | 2 | 1 | |||
| 114260 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.2 | Please list the local government departments involved in the GCC program and its role. | 3 | Role in the GCC program | 1 | To oversee a greenhouse gas inventory and complete a climate action plan by 2021. The LEED for Cities recertification Planning and Crosswalk tool that the Township is following may be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yI7kI0TGgPKmcNDhxPe7ATybu0gErVoP/view?usp=sharing | |||
| 114261 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.2 | Please list the local government departments involved in the GCC program and its role. | 3 | Role in the GCC program | 2 | The Information Technology Officer played an integral role in creating the Township's Climate Action Plan webpage, ARC Gis hub at https://abington-climate-action-plan-abingtonpa.hub.arcgis.com/ . This includes creating a Climate Issues Reporter map where stakeholders identify or view climate hazards or impacts that have been reported in Abington Township. | |||
| 114262 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.2 | Please list the local government departments involved in the GCC program and its role. | 4 | Attach awareness raising and capacity building plan for the municipal staff | 1 | The LEED for Cities recertification Project Plan and Crosswalk tool that the Township is following may be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yI7kI0TGgPKmcNDhxPe7ATybu0gErVoP/view?usp=sharing which shows how each department of our municipality are involved and is attached. | LfC=Crosswalk-Project Plan-v4.1_AbingtonTownship.xlsx | ||
| 114263 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.2 | Please list the local government departments involved in the GCC program and its role. | 4 | Attach awareness raising and capacity building plan for the municipal staff | 2 | ||||
| 114264 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.3 | Please list the key development challenges, barriers and opportunities within the GCC Program. | 1 | Type | 1 | Development challenge | |||
| 114265 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.3 | Please list the key development challenges, barriers and opportunities within the GCC Program. | 2 | Please describe the selected development, challenge, barrier or opportunity | 1 | The challenge is staff capacity to undertake the specific 9 step GCC process. | |||
| 114266 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.3 | Please list the key development challenges, barriers and opportunities within the GCC Program. | 3 | Staff Training Needs Assessment | 1 | Staff training needs to ensure that staff is qualifed. | |||
| 114267 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.4 | Please list the stakeholder engagement activities for each relevant stakeholder group. | 1 | Name of the stakeholder group | 1 | Abington Township Environmental Advisory Council | |||
| 114268 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.4 | Please list the stakeholder engagement activities for each relevant stakeholder group. | 2 | Role in the GCC program | 1 | The AT EAC is the Township's appointed body to advise the Township on environmental policy and assess climate risks and develop and conduct mitigation and action plans. | |||
| 114269 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.4 | Please list the stakeholder engagement activities for each relevant stakeholder group. | 3 | Name of the engagement activities | 1 | The AT EAC is currently engaged in creating 1. a Clean Energy Strategic Plan for electrification; 2. 2018 municipal and community GHG inventories; and 3. as described above a climate action plan. | |||
| 114270 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.4 | Please list the stakeholder engagement activities for each relevant stakeholder group. | 4 | Aim of the engagement activities | 1 | The purpose is to 1. create a Clean Energy Strategic Plan and 2. qualify to join the Global Compact of Mayors | |||
| 114271 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.4 | Please list the stakeholder engagement activities for each relevant stakeholder group. | 5 | Please attach stakeholder engagement and communication plan | 1 | Attached is the municipal agreement form and training plan. | 2020-2021 PA DEP LCAP Application.docx, Abington Township Municipal Agreement.PDF, CEPPR Proposed Calendar.docx, Municipal Energy Use Survey Form_Abington Township_7_31_2020.pdf | ||
| 114272 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.4 | Please list the stakeholder engagement activities for each relevant stakeholder group. | 6 | Attach reference document such as meeting minutes, pictures or webpage | 1 | The training plan is attached. | |||
| 114273 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.5 | Please describe to what extent the planning process is transparent and open. | 1 | The climate adaptation/mitigation plan makes opportunities for engagement that civil society had during the planning process explicit | 1 | Planning process | Yes | ||
| 114274 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.5 | Please describe to what extent the planning process is transparent and open. | 2 | The climate adaptation/mitigation plan makes the criteria and process for prioritizing climate actions explicit | 1 | Planning process | Yes | ||
| 114275 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.5 | Please describe to what extent the planning process is transparent and open. | 3 | The climate adaptation/mitigation plan makes the different commitments for reporting (including in public meetings) on progress towards implementing the plan explicit | 1 | Planning process | Yes | ||
| 114276 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.6 | Please provide information on the overall impact of COVID-19 on climate action in your city. | 1 | Impact of COVID-19 on climate action in your city | 1 | Response | Increased emphasis on climate action | ||
| 114277 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.6 | Please provide information on the overall impact of COVID-19 on climate action in your city. | 2 | Comment | 1 | Response | During the pandemic, volunteers for the Township, through the appointed Environmental Advisory Council and Shade Tree Commission actually stepped up and increased climate actions. The Shade Tree Commission volunteered 1200 hours in planting trees and the Environmental Advisory Council led the Township to form an Abington Township Climate Action Plan Collaborative of over 30 local business, civic, educational, healthcare, elected officials, and land developers to develop a local climate action plan. | ||
| 114278 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.7 | Please provide information specifically on the impact of the COVID-19 economic response on climate action in your city and synergies between COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action. | 1 | Impact of COVID-19 economic response on city’s budget for financing climate action in your city | 1 | Response | Reduced finance available for climate action | ||
| 114279 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.7 | Please provide information specifically on the impact of the COVID-19 economic response on climate action in your city and synergies between COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action. | 2 | COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action synergies | 1 | Response | Recovery interventions that support just transition strategies for workers and communities | ||
| 114280 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.7 | Please provide information specifically on the impact of the COVID-19 economic response on climate action in your city and synergies between COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action. | 2 | COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action synergies | 1 | Response | Recovery interventions that scale up investments in and access to digital technologies, funding mechanisms, and capacity-building solutions to enhance resilience to shocks, including climate change | ||
| 114281 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.7 | Please provide information specifically on the impact of the COVID-19 economic response on climate action in your city and synergies between COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action. | 2 | COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action synergies | 1 | Response | Recovery interventions that develop or strengthen universal social protection systems that enhance resilience to shocks, including climate change | ||
| 114282 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.7 | Please provide information specifically on the impact of the COVID-19 economic response on climate action in your city and synergies between COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action. | 2 | COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action synergies | 1 | Response | Other, please specify: Township revenues are anticipated to decline by $5M out of a normal $45M for 2021. As a result, staffing time that would have been devoted to planning renewable energy opportunities or electrification of buildings was curtailed. | ||
| 114283 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.7 | Please provide information specifically on the impact of the COVID-19 economic response on climate action in your city and synergies between COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action. | 2 | COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action synergies | 1 | Response | Recovery interventions that develop or strengthen health/health care services in your city that enhance resilience to shocks, including climate change | ||
| 114284 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.7 | Please provide information specifically on the impact of the COVID-19 economic response on climate action in your city and synergies between COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action. | 2 | COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action synergies | 1 | Response | Recovery interventions that increase access to urban green spaces | ||
| 114285 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.7 | Please provide information specifically on the impact of the COVID-19 economic response on climate action in your city and synergies between COVID-19 recovery interventions and climate action. | 3 | Explanation | 1 | Response | |||
| 114286 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 1. Governance and Data Management | 1.8 | Please describe your city’s climate data management plan including data collection, storing, quality assurance/checking (QA/QC) and updating of the plan, and attach reference document. | 0 | In July 2020, Abington Township was selected by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as one of 20 jurisdictions in the Commonwealth to receive training and technical assistance to create an updated 2018 GHG inventory during the fall of 2020 and a Climate Action Plan during the Spring of 2020 (at this link <a href="https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/climate/Pages/Local-Climate-Action.aspx">https://www.dep.pa.gov/Citizens/climate/Pages/Local-Climate-Action.aspx scroll down to LCAP Participants, July 2020 -June 2021 and click on Local Governments. The fall 2020 training component may be viewed at the third and fourth slides of the pdf at ths link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hLI99_Z8ldSxCjh5jK-E8S6eihzvfcyc/view?usp=sharing . Training session 6: Quality Assurance/Protocol and Leadership Campaign Compliance will be serve as a training QA/QC Training component and the Community-scale GHG Inventory Data Quality Control Review spreadsheet may be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xbw8Nmb6EKd93N_UedBBP0plZzj2wDtv/view?usp=sharing . The timeline of activities in developing Abington's local climate action plan may be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qA9WUP4JpoFoHLtdxkygZis_d78NgRY7/view?usp=sharing . The QA process for the climate action plan will be to submit the draft plan by June 30, 2021 for an initial QA review by ICLEI and by July 30, 2021 submit the draft plan to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for a review. | |||||
| 114287 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.0 | Do you have mode share information available to report for the following transport types? | 0 | |||||||
| 114288 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 1 | Most recent years available (select year) | 1 | PM2.5 (1 year (annual) mean) | ||||
| 114289 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 1 | Most recent years available (select year) | 2 | PM2.5 (Maximum 24-hour average) | ||||
| 114290 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 1 | Most recent years available (select year) | 3 | PM10 (1 year (annual) mean) | ||||
| 114291 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 1 | Most recent years available (select year) | 4 | PM10 (Maximum 24-hour average) | ||||
| 114292 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 1 | Most recent years available (select year) | 5 | NO2 (1 year (annual) mean) | ||||
| 114293 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 1 | Most recent years available (select year) | 6 | O3 (Daily maximum 8 hour mean) | ||||
| 114294 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 1 | Most recent years available (select year) | 7 | SO2 (Maximum 24-hour average) | ||||
| 114295 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 2 | Average concentration for most recent year available (ug/m3) | 1 | PM2.5 (1 year (annual) mean) | ||||
| 114296 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 2 | Average concentration for most recent year available (ug/m3) | 2 | PM2.5 (Maximum 24-hour average) | ||||
| 114297 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 2 | Average concentration for most recent year available (ug/m3) | 3 | PM10 (1 year (annual) mean) | ||||
| 114298 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 2 | Average concentration for most recent year available (ug/m3) | 4 | PM10 (Maximum 24-hour average) | ||||
| 114299 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 2 | Average concentration for most recent year available (ug/m3) | 5 | NO2 (1 year (annual) mean) | ||||
| 114300 | 58485 | Abington Township | United States of America | North America | 10.11 | Please provide city-wide average air pollution metrics from the monitoring sites within your city for the most recent three years. | 2 | Average concentration for most recent year available (ug/m3) | 6 | O3 (Daily maximum 8 hour mean) |
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