How can community accountability boards transform climate governance?
This factsheet explains what it takes to start a CAB, why your community should start one, where they exist, and how to set one up.
Equity
Equity refers to consistency of outcomes among people, which is different from equality, which typically addresses consistency in opportunities. Learn more about how IMT’s work supports equity.
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Cities Leading the Way on Climate Action: Evanston Passes First BPS of 2025
Evanston, Illinois passes the Healthy Building Ordinance and shows the power of local leadership on climate action.
Equitable Decarbonization Learning Series: Part 3
An explainer about why building decarbonization matters, the benefits, and the unintended consequences and solutions.
Community Climate Shift Announces Nine New Partners
Nine community-based organizations will receive Community Climate Shift support to participate in equitable policymaking.
Tenant Protections in Building Decarbonization Policy
Recommendations for tenant protections in building decarbonization policies.
Lessons from the Ground: Implementing Building Performance Standards
This paper explains the role of efficiency programs in building performance standards (BPS) implementation and considers how the next phase of BPS policies can accelerate an equitable, low-carbon future.
Equitable Funding Mechanisms for Climate Action in Minneapolis
This paper recommends sustainable approaches to generate funding for equitable climate action and just transition efforts in Minneapolis.
How Cities Can Mitigate the Impacts of the Gas System and Accelerate the Shift to Clean Energy
This white paper aims to deepen city leaders’ understanding of the interaction between gas distribution systems and local climate objectives.
Equitable Decarbonization Learning Series: Part 2
This decarbonization learning series explains the relationship between buildings and emissions, how they can emit less carbon, and how policies can create better buildings.
What defines a building performance standard (BPS)?
Learn how BPS complements traditional building energy code approaches, but works quite differently.