ASLA has developed its first Climate Action Plan in the spirit of great optimism.
In 2021, ASLA was a signatory to the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Climate Action Commitment, which was presented at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland. This Commitment is supported by over 70,000 landscape architects in 77 countries.
ASLA Climate Action Plan
The ASLA Climate Action Plan is rooted in three key goals and six key initiatives of IFLA Climate Action Commitment.
The ASLA plan will direct all ASLA climate-related programs and investments through 2025. Goals will be advanced through 21 objectives and 71 actions. Goals and actions will be revisited and updated in 2025 and every five years until 2040.
A companion Climate Action Field Guide for ASLA Members provides best practice guidance, toolkits, and resources for ASLA members and their firms and organizations to advance climate action.
ASLA Vision for 2040:
All landscape architecture projects will simultaneously:
- Achieve zero embodied and operational emissions and increase carbon sequestration
- Provide significant economic benefits in the form of measurable ecosystem services, health co-benefits, sequestration, and green jobs
- Address climate injustices, empower communities, and increase equitable distribution of climate investments
- Restore ecosystems and increase and protect biodiversity
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Goals
- Practice: Scale Up Climate Positive Approaches
- Equity: Empower Communities to Achieve Climate Justice
- Advocacy: Build Coalitions for Climate Action
Initiatives
- Carbon Drawdown: Attain zero emissions by 2040 and double carbon sequestration
- Climate Resilience: Enhance capacity, biodiversity, and resilience of liveable cities and communities
- Climate Agency: Advocate for climate justice and social well-being
- Cultural Empowerment: Learn from cultural knowledge systems and practices of care
- Climate Leadership: Galvanize climate champions
- Global Alliance: Advance the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and expand international collaboration
Learn more about ASLA’s Climate Action Plan:
https://www.asla.org/climateactionplan.aspx
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