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Climate Friendly Parks

Climate Friendly Parks. With parks attracting more than 270 million annual visitors, if everyone that visited a national park reduced their emissions by 10%, the reduction would be greater than the emissions generated in the entire state of California…. The Climate Friendly Parks Program.

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Climate Friendly Parks

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  1. Climate Friendly Parks With parks attracting more than 270 million annual visitors, if everyone that visited a national park reduced their emissions by 10%, the reduction would be greater than the emissions generated in the entire state of California…

  2. The Climate Friendly Parks Program • NPS program that provides the tools and resources to help national parks • Measure GHG emissions • Plan ways to reduce impact on, and adapt to a changing climate • Promote sound science through education and outreach • CFP Member Parks • Prepare GHG emission inventories • Develop and implement Climate Action Plans • Include climate change messaging in education and outreach efforts • Share best practices and resources • Include climate change in park planning

  3. Becoming A CFP Park Milestones: • Submit a CFP application • Develop a GHG emission inventory • Complete a GHG Action plan Ongoing Activities: • Implement the Action Plan • Launch Do Your Part! for Climate Friendly Parks • Monitor progress, improve actions, and report results

  4. 22 national parks have officially become CFP Member Parks • Actively working with more than 100 parks throughout NPS • CFP Member Parks have pledged to reduce approximately 80,000 tons of CO2, which is equivalent to taking about 13,000 cars off the road. • All Pacific West Region parks are joining CFP • Over 1,000 individuals have attended CFP Workshops and trainings

  5. Parks in the Room • Devils Postpile NM • Eugene O'Neil NHS/John Muir NHS • Pinnacles NM • Presidio of San Francisco • Point Reyes National Seashore • San Francisco Maritime NHP Other parks that are participating, but already have Climate Action Plans are: • Golden Gate NRA • Yosemite NP • Sequoia and Kings Canyon NP

  6. GHG Mitigation at the National Parks: A - Z • Apostle Islands National Lakeshore • 95% of ranger station electricity demand through PV • Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area • Geothermal heating in Zimmerman House • Fire Island National Seashore • 17 communities participate in the Do Your Part! Program • Glacier National Park • LEED Gold Transit Center • Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve • Employee Electric Vehicle Fleet • Golden Gate National Recreation Area • Art Exhibit: “Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet” • Hawaii Volcanoes National Park • Visitor Carbon Calculator in Visitor Center • Point Reyes National Seashore • Employee Electricity Challenge • Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks • Shuttle Bus Climate Change Interpretation • Zion National Park • Zion Canyon Visitor Center and Shuttle System

  7. The Climate Leadership in Parks Tool Microsoft Excel-based application that walks National Park staff through the process of conducting a greenhouse gas emission inventory and developing a climate action plan

  8. EXECUTIVE ORDER 13514 – Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance • 30% reduction in vehicle fleet petroleum use by 2020 • 26% improvement in water efficiency by 2020 • 50% recycling and waste diversion by 2015 • 95% of all applicable contracts will meet sustainability requirements • Implementation of the 2030 net-zero-energy building requirement

  9. SECRETARIAL ORDER 3289 - Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on America’s Water, Land, and Other Natural and Cultural Resources • Set baseline emission inventories and greenhouse gas reduction goals for all national park units • Support the development of renewable energy on public lands • Reduce energy and water consumption and improve the energy and water efficiency • Educate visitors on the threats posed by climate change to parks and opportunities for mitigation • Analyze potential climate change impacts and adaptation strategies when undertaking long-range planning

  10. What we are here to do • Learn from each other • Share resources and information • Begin to define climate action goals • Identify challenges and opportunities for implementation • Develop a CFP Action Plan

  11. For More Information Shawn Norton National Park Service Shawn_Norton@nps.gov 202.354.1835 CFP Program website http://www.nps.gov/climatefriendlyparks

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