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Recommend Adoption of the 2025 Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) Mid-Cycle Update and Accept the 2024 Annual Report (action)
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To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Transportation Commission
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The purpose of this staff report is to request the City Council to accept the 2025 Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP) mid-cycle update. The mid-cycle update includes the 2024 CARP Annual Report.
In October of 2024, City Council gave feedback on a mid-term update to the CARP vision, goals and strategies, and key priority implementation plans. Consistent with City Council feedback, staff has completed a mid-cycle update to evaluate progress and to identify outstanding barriers to meeting the CARP goals. The update includes a greenhouse gas emissions inventory and incorporates updates to the City's Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan, which will be approved by FEMA as the City's Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. The mid-cycle update also incorporates recent and ongoing local initiatives and plans by the City of Alameda and regional agencies, as well as new State laws and initiatives. The updated vision, strategies, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventory, and action plans are intended to guide the City and community in meeting its ambitious climate goals.
To guide ongoing CARP implementation, the 2024 Annual Report highlights key progress on plan implementation during 2024. The 2024 CARP Annual Report also serves as the annual report for the Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan.
BACKGROUND
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Over Time
A new GHG emissions inventory was developed for 2022, the latest year for which complete data was available. The inventory showed that on-road transportation is the City's largest source of GHG emissions with 54% of total emissions. The second largest source was natural gas use in buildings with 31% of total emissions. The remaining 14% of emissions are made up of solid waste, off-road tran...
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