The document summarizes the OECD's Territorial Approach to Climate Action and Resilience (TACAR) program. The program aims to promote place-based climate policies, strengthen linkages between climate mitigation and adaptation, enable granular measurement of climate impacts, scale up innovative local climate actions, and spur local green growth. It does this through four pillars: 1) a local indicator framework, 2) a policy checklist, 3) analysis of innovative climate policies, and 4) research on subnational climate finance. The indicator framework includes 32 comparable climate indicators for regions and cities. Examples show large differences in emissions, urban heat islands, green space, and flood risk between locations within countries. A territorial approach can help align national and
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OECD PROGRAMME: A TERRITORIAL
APPROACH TO CLIMATE ACTION AND
RESILIENCE (TACAR)
Tadashi Matsumoto
Head of Unit, Sustainable Development and Global Relations
Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division
OECD
OECD Taskforce on climate adaptation
Monday 28 November 2022