What the climate action plan must include

A. The plan must provide a clear and practical set of strategies and actions that have been developed with input from the community, agencies, and other public and private partners to reduce the County's climate-change contributions and build local resilience to climate impacts. The plan must be based on traditional Native Hawaiian knowledge, culture, and practices; the best available science; internationally accepted best practices; and outline strategies and set goals to: 1. Protect, restore, and sustainably manage the natural environment for current and future generations. 2. Inventory and reduce local greenhouse-gas emissions to achieve net-negative emissions. 3. Optimize resiliency within local communities. 4. Cultivate local cultural practices rooted in ecological knowledge and values. 5. Advance social equity and community inclusion. 6. Facilitate a circular economy. 7. Sustainably address current and future infrastructure needs. 8. Commit to both institutional and individual action and local implementation of climate resiliency strategies and actions. B. The plan must be consistent with and complementary to the goals, objectives, and policies in the countywide policy plan on minimizing climate change and working toward resilience. ( Ord. No. 5756 , § 1, 2024)