Sustainability & Climate Action Plan for City of Prairie Village, Kansas
Target: Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
Project Details:
KERAMIDA is working with the City of Prairie Village, Kansas, to develop a Comprehensive Sustainability Program that will provide a cost-effective and science-based pathway to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Project highlights include:
Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Climate Scenario Summary
Community Engagement
GHG Reduction Roadmap
Sustainability Program Management Plan
KERAMIDA conducted a Data Review to understand all relevant City Plans and identify where sustainability synergies and opportunities exist. KERAMIDA created a GHG inventory for Prairie Village's municipal operations from 2018-2022. Climate vulnerabilities and risks in Prairie Village were identified and assessed to create a final Climate Scenario Summary to align the communities' current GHG emissions with RCP scenarios to project future climate trends within the City.
KERAMIDA worked with Prairie Village to develop a list of peer cities and performed a benchmarking assessment comparing key climate and resilience-related plans and legislation. KERAMIDA completed several municipal staff interviews, presented to the City Council, and hosted a Council Engagement Session to elicit feedback and assess the municipality's capacity for collective action toward addressing the reduction target. KERAMIDA also assisted Prairie Village’s municipal staff with completing their annual CDP Report Submission.
KERAMIDA conducted feasibility interviews with municipal staff, developed a Greenhouse Gas Reduction Roadmap, and developed a final Sustainability Program Management Plan. The final deliverable outlined the steps that Prairie Village will need to take to advance sustainability, possible funding sources where applicable, responsible parties, and interdependencies of each step.
(top photo credit: City of Prairie Village)
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KERAMIDA helps cities and educational institutions identify and implement forward-thinking sustainability strategies that create thriving communities and campuses that work for everyone. Our professionals evaluate your operations to develop methods to reduce your carbon footprint and draft a Climate Action Plan to effectively guide the implementation of emissions reduction strategies.
From small towns to major metropolitan areas, KERAMIDA helps cities across the U.S. develop data-driven Climate Action Plans that put community engagement at the center. KERAMIDA partners with cities, regions, districts, and campuses to create strategies and plans that are science-based, people-centered, and implementation-ready.
KERAMIDA develops GHG emissions inventories that are accurate, defensible, and ready for investor and regulatory scrutiny. We quantify Scope 1 (direct), Scope 2 (purchased energy), and Scope 3 (value chain) emissions using the best available organizational data and acceptable methodologies as defined by the GHG Protocol. Whether you have detailed primary data, utility bills, fuel usage records, procurement spend, or supplier-provided estimates, our team can work with what is available to create a complete and transparent accounting of your emissions inventory.
