CURB Analysis

Between September 2016 and February 2018, the City of Oakland worked with Bloomberg Associates Sustainability Practice to identify opportunities and measure the impact of deep GHG reductions, utilizing a new climate planning tool called CURB. Oakland is the first city in North America to use the tool in depth as a key input to its climate planning. Both the Executive Summary and the full CURB Report are available for download and review.

Read Summary

Pathways to Deep GHG Reductions in Oakland: Executive Summary

Read Final Report

Pathways to Deep GHG Reductions in Oakland: Final Report

Posted: September 9th, 2018 1:02 PM

Last Updated: January 20th, 2021 8:01 PM

CURB was developed by the World Bank, C40, Global Covenant of Mayors, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and many others to assist cities create climate action plans. CURB is designed to:

• Provide ‘strategic-level’ analysis to help the City identify and prioritize low carbon infrastructure and GHG reduction actions
• Help cities make the best use of limited funding by focusing on the actions with greatest impact
• Allow cities to quickly see the emission implications and cost effectiveness of potential actions

For questions, email climate@oaklandca.gov