Key Commitments
Net zero emissions by 2050
Goals
(10 total)
- C-A: Citywide Approach – Implement a unified, proactive and collaborative citywide approach to address climate change
- C-B: Climate Equity – Integrate equity and inclusion factors into all climate program design and implementation actions
- C-C: Extreme Weather Preparation – Protect community health, wellbeing, infrastructure and natural environment from extreme weather impacts
- C-D: Wildfire Impacts Preparation – Protect community health, wellbeing, infrastructure and natural environment from wildfire impacts
- C-E: Sea Level Rise Preparation – Protect community health, wellbeing, infrastructure and natural environment from sea level rise
- C-F: Resource Resiliency – Anticipate and plan for sustainable, resilient resources to meet community needs
- C-G: Ecosystem Resiliency – Protect, enhance and restore ecosystems that could be adversely impacted by climate change
- C-H: Building Emissions Mitigation – Ensure that buildings use renewable energy, conservation and efficiency technologies to reduce GHG emissions
- C-I: Transportation Emissions Mitigation – Eliminate GHG emissions from municipal and community transportation
- C-J: Renewable Energy – Encourage and support renewable energy generation and use
Stronger Policy Language (22 policies)
- C-1: Respond to climate change through citywide implementation of science-based climate mitigation and adaptation action plans that include emissions reduction targets and community resilience goals.
- C-12: Develop, implement and regularly update as needed a comprehensive drought resilience strategy that factors in projected climate impacts and sets action levels for drought stages.
- C-16: Develop, implement, and regularly update a wildfire smoke response plan in partnership with community members and emergency management staff to mitigate risk and exposure.
- C-35: Continue to implement and improve multimodal and active transportation systems to reduce fossil fuel reliance, vehicle miles traveled and vehicle emissions.
Aspirational / Monitoring Language (18 policies)
- C-5: Encourage public-private partnerships with higher education institutions, nonprofit groups and other agencies to address climate change.
- C-22: Support opportunities for businesses to adapt their operations in anticipation or in response to a changing climate.
- C-25: Encourage building retrofits, particularly those with sensitive land uses, that make them more resilient to natural disasters and climate change.
- C-33: Promote the electrification of existing and new buildings with approaches such as education, technical assistance, design services, financing incentives.