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Climate Mitigation Strategies<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Efforts to reduce or prevent emission of greenhouse gases are underway across the United States.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: Climate.gov<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Source: US EPA<\/a> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What a community or organization may choose to do to reduce their emissions is based on their varying capacity. MPO staff is available to help work through custom mitigation measures.<\/a>

Additionally, the below are selected examples to reference when starting to set reduction goals. The subjects are based on standard GHG inventory sectors:

Transportation, Commercial, Residential, Electricity, Industry, and Agriculture<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Transportation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Americans drive on average 13,500 miles per year and produce 58% of transportation GHG emissions nationally. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: US EPA<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Across the US and in Iowa, transportation is a leading GHG emitter; the vast majority of which is carbon dioxide (CO2<\/sup>)<\/a> from light-duty vehicles (passenger vehicles). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Central Iowa does not have the smog other cities face due to topography and geography. However Des Moines’s 2017 GHG inventory<\/a> showed transportation emits 26% of the community-wide emissions, making it the third largest contributor.

Regionally speaking, Des Moines is the urban core of the metropolitan area and has higher population and development densities. As more community GHG inventories are drafted and released, it would be expected for this proportion to trend upwards in many suburban communities. Making mitigation strategies in this sector a higher priority when reducing emissions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like all other sectors, there are a number of pathways a community or organization can take to reduce emissions from transportation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n