This Protocol was developed by ICLEI to provide an easily implemented set of guidelines to assist local governments in quantifying the greenhouse gas emissions from both their internal operations and from the whole communities within their geopolitical boundaries. (ICLEI, 2009)

The main purpose of this handbook is to assist people who are working in or with local government to develop sustainable energy and climate action plans and implementation programmes. (ICLEI, UN-HABITAT, UNEP, 2009)

A local government guide to sustainable energy planning. (Sustainable Energy Africa, 2003)