Climate Smart Communities is a network of New York communities engaged in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving climate resilience. Two types of actions enable Climate Smart Communities to minimize the risks of climate change and reduce its long-term costs: 

• Reducing GHG Emissions: Starting now to reduce GHG emissions and create permanent sinks that remove GHG from the atmosphere; these actions will help stabilize atmospheric GHGs at manageable levels and avoid severe climatic changes. 

• Adapting to a Changing Climate: Altering the built and natural environment in anticipation of predicted climatic changes, or in response to actual changes, which will alleviate the risks associated with unavoidable changes in climate.