Tammy L. Seale is an Associate Principal at PlaceWorks, where she directs the firm's Climate Action and Resiliency Practice. She is a leader in the field of local climate action and resiliency planning with over 25 years of local environmental and land use planning experience. She collaborates with communities to address sustainability, climate change, and resiliency, holistically in local environmental and land use plans and implementation programs.
Climate change continues to impact our health and safety, the economy, and natural systems. With climate-related protections and programs under attack at the federal level, it is critical for cities to address climate impacts locally. Every day there are new examples of cities approaching the challenge of climate change in creative and innovative ways—from rethinking transportation, to greening city buildings, to protecting against sea-level rise.
Climate change is a global problem, but the problem begins locally. Cities consume 75% of the world's energy and emit 80% of the world's greenhouse gases. Changing the way we build and operate our cities can have major effects on greenhouse gas emissions. Fortunately, communities across the U.S.