in the case of adaptation the plan calls for achievement of nine specific goals ranging from management of heat and improvement of cooling capacities to monitoring of air quality with the engagement of multiple stakeholders in this regard the plan also calls for the introduction of new ideas and anticipates that new knowledge derived from research on how to eliminate urban heat islands will lead to new initiatives the city uses satellite imagery to identify hotspots and targets for policy interventions and has also identified the link connecting heat respiratory illnesses and smog with regard to smog the climate action plan calls for lower emissions from power plants and the modes of transportation that cause it progress is continuously monitored against goals and the results of such monitoring will inform the possible changes to be made to goals targets and indicators