Local Indicators:
Global Climate Change

The indicators in the following list are those rated 5 or higher from Appendix A of the The Guide to Sustainable Community Indicators, Second Edition, by Maureen Hart, 1999.

Air Indicators:

• CO2 emissions from transportation
• CO2 emissions by source
• CO2 emissions relative to 1990 levels
• Number of days air pollutants exceed healthful levels
• Air quality: CO, SO2, SPM, and O3 measurements
• Emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases
• Air pollutants from stationary sources
• Exposure to substandard ambient air quality
• Days per year that air quality standards are met
• Production of acid-forming emissions
• Ration of SO2 and smoke levels to EC limits
• Air quality index
• Particulate matter in air.

http://www.sdi.gov/indicators/ci_glcc.htm Last Modified: May 13, 2002