I agree, local action is paramount . . . especially given that our national government is committed to abetting a catastrophe. So you probably know about this:
https://www.eugene-or.gov/3210/Climate-Recovery-Summary

And this: 
http://www.oregon.gov/energy/energy-oregon/Pages/Greenhouse-Gases.aspx

And this:
http://www.oregon.gov/energy/energy-oregon/Pages/Renewable-Portfolio-Standard.aspx

And this: https://www.compactofmayors.org/

My point is that there is an awful lot of the nuts-and-bolts public policy thinking you call for actually going on, at local levels, on top of something like 890 lawsuits in 25 countries demanding action on AGW. Your point, I suspect, is that individuals should do this by themselves, which would be great, but individual carbon footprints only account for about 25% of the whole. It'll take public action at all levels to deal with AGW.