Milpitas joins the Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network Climate Protection Taskforce

Milpitas (California, U.S.A.) Council voted unanimously in early December 2007 to join a regional body working with cities in the state of California to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Joint Venture Silicon Valley Climate Protection Task Force includes representatives from almost every city in Silicon Valley, as well as representation from large companies based in the area.

The Task Force will work with ICLEI to establish a baseline for future monitoring and reduction requirements, and will enable network cities to work with ICLEI’s CCP Campaign at a reduced rate.

Policies that Milpitas is considering are hybrid and alternatively-fueled vehicles, recycled building materials to be used in future building projects, and using natural light and ventilation, and timers or sensors placed on interior lights.

More and more cities are facing the need to mitigate climate change while already adapting to the changes brought about by climate change. ICLEI’s Cities for Climate Protection^® (CCP) Campaign is an innovative international campaign that helps local government and their communities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and their impact on the environment. And now, the CCP Campaign is launching the Adaptation Initiative, building capacity for climate change impacts at the local level. For more information, please visit www.iclei.org/ccp.

Milpitas is one of 266 local governments in the U.S.A. that are currently Members of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. For more information on ICLEI and its activities in the U.S.A., please go to www.iclei.org/usa.

Source: “Milpitas joins Silicon Valley green plan”, Milpitas Post, 3 January 2008.