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The City of Atlanta is joining an increasing number of local governments committed to addressing climate change at the local level. The City of Atlanta recognizes the risk that climate change poses to its citizens, and is acting now to reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, or “carbon footprint”, of both its government operations and the community at-large through the innovative programs laid out in this Climate Action Plan. Ultimately, local action is needed to reduce the City of Atlanta’s contribution to the problem of climate change and adapt to its current and future effects.
This Climate Action Plan takes advantage of common sense approaches and cutting edge policies that our local government is uniquely positioned to implement – actions that can reduce energy use and waste, create local jobs, improve air quality, preserve our local landscape and history, and in many other ways benefit the City of Atlanta for years to come.
Technical Steering Committee
The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability engaged more than 50 city experts in the elaboration of this Climate Action Plan. The main function of the Technical Steering Committee is twofold:
- To review and make recommendations to the objectives, strategies, and actions proposed in each of the CAP focus areas, and
- To guide other stakeholders, consultants, and experts working on initiatives proposed around the city to reduce its carbon footprint.
Members of Technical Steering Committee and their respective organizations is listed in the following table:
| CAP Focus Area | Organization | Name | |
| Building Energy Efficiency | Commercial Buildings | Southface Energy Institute | Robert Reed |
| Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA) | Cyris Bhedwar | ||
| USGBC | Nancy Larson | ||
| Central Atlanta Progress | Shelby Buso | ||
| Georgia Tech | Marilyn Brown | ||
| Residential Buildings | Southface Energy Insitute | Robert Reed | |
| Atlanta Housing Authority | Shean Atkins | ||
| Georgia Power | Ron Shipman | ||
| Georgia Tech | Valerie Thomas | ||
| Energy Production | Georgia Power | Ron Shipman | |
| Environment Georgia | Jennette Gayer | ||
| Southern Alliance for Clean Energy | John Wilson | ||
| Georgia Tech | Mary Hallisey Hunt | ||
| Waste & Recycling | Georgia Recycling Coalition | Gloria Hardegree | |
| Atlanta Recycles | Abbey Patterson | ||
| CHaRM | Peggy Whitlow | ||
| Georgia State University | Jennifer Asman | ||
| Water & Wastewater Mgmt | Chattahoochee Riverkeeper | Laura Hartt | |
| Atlanta Regional Commission | Katherine Zitsch | ||
| West Atlanta Watershed Alliance | Darry Evonne |
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| City of Atlanta Watershed Dept | Jennifer Carlile | ||
| Transportation | Atlanta Regional Commission | David D’Onofrio | |
| Clean Cities/Georgia Commute Options | Don Francis | ||
| Atlanta Bicycle Coalition | Rebecca Serna | ||
| Georgia Tech | Michael Rodgers | ||
| Green Spaces/Food Security | Georgia Organics | Alice Rolls | |
| Trees Atlanta | Connie Veates | ||
| Park Pride | Michael Halicki | ||
| AECOM | Barbara Faga | ||
| The Nature Conservancy | Deron W. Davis | ||
Questions? e-mail Jairo H Garcia, Sustainability Management Analyst at jairohgarcia@gmail.com
Atlanta Climate Action Plan 
