Sustainability

Community Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2025 - 2030 (Draft)

Draft, August 2024

The Community Climate Action Plan (CAP) defines actions that can help us protect our local climate, improve public health, and reduce risks associated with increased greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, which trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere.

You can participate in creating the plan by rating specific plan measures in this survey, or by providing general feedback on this form at any time.

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A. Why create a Community Climate Action Plan (CAP)?

B. Improving public health by reducing emissions

C. Creating a plan that reflects the voice of the community

D. Prioritizing community-led actions with big, equitable impacts

E. Toward Net Zero: 4 Strategies and 44 Actions for 2025 – 2030

    Strategy 1: Achieve County-wide Net Zero 2050 alignment

    Strategy 2: Implement net zero land use principles

    Strategy 3: Reduce emissions

       3a. Reduce transportation emissions

       3b. Reduce commercial building emissions

       3c. Reduce residential building emissions

       3d. Reduce waste

     Strategy 4: Produce cleaner energy

F. Implementing the Community CAP

G. How will we know if we're reducing emissions?

H. How will we know if environmental health is improving?

Appendices

Appendix 1: Community outreach process

Appendix 2: Community Clean Air Survey feedback

Appendix 3: Other regional plans that support climate action

Appendix 4: “SMARTIE” goals for implementing climate Actions

Appendix 5: Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that indicate emissions reductions progress

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