Urban Land Use Reform
Urban land use and zoning reforms are an overlooked climate solution that can help US cities achieve significant emissions reductions.
RMI Manager Ben Holland will speak on the US Department of Transportation Climate Change Center’s webinar, co-hosted by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Focused on transit-oriented development as a transportation decarbonization strategy, Ben will discuss urban land use reform and state land use reform as a climate lever.
Other speakers include DOT Assistant Secretary Christopher Coes, HUD Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Solomon Greene, the DOT Climate Change Center’s Liya Rechtman, and other experts from the field.
Urban land use and zoning reforms are an overlooked climate solution that can help US cities achieve significant emissions reductions.
RMI analysis shows enacting state-level land use reform to encourage compact development can reduce annual US pollution by 70 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2033.