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Design Toolkit

Learn how to improve carbon footprints while supporting resilience and equity from the Climate Positive Design Toolkit.

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Methodology Report

All you need to know about the tools metrics, how it works and how the Climate Positive Design Challenge was established.

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Pathfinder User Guide

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Case Studies

See strategies that show how case studies from CMG Landscape Architecture meet the Challenge Targets.

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Resources

Gain climate and biodiversity insight and guidance from the leading organizations including Architecture 2030, ASLA, CSLA, IFLA, and LAF.

Multi-faceted Climate Action

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
United Nations
IFLA Climate Action Commitment
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Climate Action Resources
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Climate Action Field Guide
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Climate Positive Design Guidelines and Resources
Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA)
Landscape for 2030
Landscape Institute
Climate and Biodiversity Action Plan
Landscape Institute
Landscape Performance Series
Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF)
Regeneration.org
Project Regeneration / Paul Hawken

Carbon Drawdown

Decarbonising Infrastructure Delivery
Infrastructure NSW
CLF Embodied Carbon Toolkit for Roadway Infrastructure
Carbon Leadership Forum
Architecture 2030
Architecture 2030
2030 Palette
Architecture 2030
Carbon Smart Materials Palette
Architecture 2030
Carbon Smart Materials Palette - Concrete
Architecture 2030
Carbon Smart Materials Palette - Steel
Architecture 2030
Carbon Conscience
Sasaki
Carbon Conscience - White Paper + Design Guidelines
Sasaki
Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3)
Building Transparency
Tools for Measuring Embodied Carbon
Carbon Leadership Forum
Landscape Design for Carbon Sequestration - Presentation
Deanna Lynn, 2020 University of Oregon MLA Thesis
Landscape Design for Carbon Sequestration - Thesis
Deanna Lynn, 2020 University of Oregon MLA Thesis
Power Player - Designing for Just and Multifunctional Energy Landscapes
Landscape Architecture Magazine
Carbon Leadership Forum
Carbon Leadership Forum
SE 2050 Challenge
Structural Engineering Institute
Climate Action Plan
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)

Climate Resilience and Nature-based Solutions

Nature Positive: Guidelines for the Transition in Cities
World Economic Forum
Achieving a Decarbonised and Climate-Resilient Built Environment
C40 Cities
Nature-based Solutions
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Engineering with Nature
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Building Community Resilience with Nature-based Solutions
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Nature-based Solutions by Design
Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA)
Adaptation Primers
Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA)
Low Carbon Resilience Planning Tool
Action on Climate Team
Vibrant Cities Lab - Urban Forestry Tookit
U.S. Forest Service
International Principles and Standards for the Practice of Ecological Restoration
Society for Ecological Restoration
Smart Surfaces Coalition
Smart Surfaces Coalition
Growing to Its Potential
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
Global Accord - Adaptation for a Changing World
International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)

Biodiversity

Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity
Making Nature’s City Toolkit
The San Francisco Estuary Institute
Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool
IUCN / UN Environment Programme / BirdLife International / Conservation International / WCMC

Equity

Design for Equity Primer
Metropolis Magazine
Justice40 Initiative
U.S. White House
Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool
Justice40 Initiative / U.S. White House
Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Advocacy

Climate Action Now - A Landscape Architect's Guide to Climate Advocacy
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)
Smart Policies for a Changing Climate
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)