Climate Change Resources

Transportation accounts for nearly 40% of the greenhouse gas emissions in California. To meet State reduction goals and improve air quality, we all must do our part to reduce our transportation carbon footprint.

The links below contain information to help you buy smart, drive smart, and use alternative modes of transportation:

• Tools to Reduce your Carbon Footprint
• California Climate Change Links
• Other Transportation and Climate Change Links
• California Regional Planning Agencies Climate Change Pages

• Buyers Guide to Clean and Efficient Vehicles
• Eco Drivers Manual
• Learn how your speed affects your vehicle’s fuel mileage
• California Transit Links

Travel Smart and Check these Links before your Trip!

• Caltrans quick map
  • Regional 511 sites
    • Sacramento 
    • San Francisco Bay Area 
    • San Luis Obispo 
    • San Joaquin Valley 
    • Los Angeles 
    • Riverside / San Bernardino
    • San Diego

• California Climate Change Portal
• California Air Resources Board
• California Energy Commission
• California Natural Resources Agency
•  CAL- Adapt
• California Climate Change Research Database
• Coastal Climate Adaptation
• The Coastal – Ocean Climate Action Team
• San Francisco Bay Area - Adapting to Rising Tides

• Federal Highways Climate Change
• US DOT Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse
• AASHTO Transportation and Climate Change Resource Center
• AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence
• White House Council on Environmental Quality
• The Climate Registry
• US EPA – Transportation and Climate

• Butte County Association of Governments
• Kern County Association of Governments
• Kern Council of Governments
• Metropolitan Transportation Commission (Nine county San Francisco Bay Area)
• San Diego Association of Governments
  • SANDAG - Climate Change Overview
  • SANDAG - Projects
• Southern California Association of Governments