B&D; Consulting Senior Vice President Phillip A. Singerman has co-authored with the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) a new handbook featuring cutting-edge strategies for community economic development, developed by IEDC.

The Climate Prosperity Handbook is a guide for informing communities of the economic benefits of proactively pursuing sustainable development and climate action strategies. This handbook demonstrates the utility of adopting the Climate Prosperity Project's three-part agenda of Green Savings/ Green Opportunities/ Green Talent. The principal message is that rather than climate action being costly and harmful to the economy, it creates wide ranging savings and benefits by:

• spending less on energy through increased conservation and efficiency;
• generating significant new employment and entrepreneurial opportunities;
• expanding renewable energy production and distribution; and
• offering a wide range of new products, production processes, goods and services, and new technologies.

Co-authors of The Climate Prosperity Handbook, include:

• Shari Garmise, Ph.D., Vice President for Knowledge Management and Development
• Liz Thorstensen, Senior Associate, respectively at IEDC