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Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Plan (CMAP)
Port of San Diego
Maritime Business and Technology Summit
November 29, 2011
Michelle White
Port of San Diego
Port of San Diego Background
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Port Tidelands
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Goals of the Port’s
Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Plan
 Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
– Provide a tool for streamlining GHG evaluation for future
CEQA processes
– Achieve GHG reductions on Port tidelands
 Climate Change Adaptation
– Identify strategies to adapt to the impacts of climate
change (i.e., sea level rise)
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GHG Emission Mitigation
Component
1. Baseline & Future Emission Inventories
2. Review & Categorize Mitigation Measures
3. Set Goals
4. Specify Mitigation Measures to Achieve Goals
5. Tracking Methods
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Port vs. County Comparison
County of San Diego
Port of San Diego
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GHG Mitigation: Goal Setting
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Climate Adaptation Component
1. Conduct Vulnerability Assessment
2. Prioritize Actions
3. Identify Implementation Strategies
4. Implement Strategies
5. Monitor Progress and Evaluate Plan
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Climate Adaptation for a Port:
Considerations
 Climate adaptation planning is a new concept
– New paradigm that manages risks related to climate
change
 Different approach than typical planning process
– Departure from relying solely on historical info
– Emphasis on future planning and risk management
 Long planning horizon – 50yr and 100yr
 No “low-hanging fruit” for adaptation (unlike GHG)
 Requires multi-jurisdictional coordination
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Key Vulnerabilities
 Quantitative sea-level rise (SLR) impacts
– Land Use (Port and tenant activities)
– Stormwater infrastructure
– Natural Resources
– Other (e.g. goods movement, safety, etc.)
 Qualitative Summary of Vulnerabilities
– Temperature Increases
– Other Impacts
o Peak energy demand reduction
o Water conservation
o Increased erosion
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San Diego
National City
Coronado
Chula Vista
Imperial Beach
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San Diego
National City
Coronado
Chula Vista
Imperial Beach
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San Diego
National City
Coronado
Chula Vista
Imperial Beach
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Next Steps
 Adaptation Options
– Identification of adaptation types
– Ranking adaptation options based on applicability (e.g.
soft, hard, retreat, etc.)
 Finalize prioritization of actions using risk metric
– Risk defined as a product of likelihood and
consequence
– Evaluated under Working Port, Safe Port, Green Port,
and Public Port functions
 Describe implementation strategies
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THANK YOU
Michelle White, Port of San Diego
(619) 686-7297| [email protected]