Transcript AB 32 S-3-05 - City of West Hollywood

Climate Change:
How can West Hollywood
be part of the solution?
City of West Hollywood
Climate Action Plan
What does climate action mean for West
Hollywood?
Challenges
Opportunities
• The community needs to:
• GHG reduction strategies
provide many co-benefits:
– Reduce greenhouse gas
(GHG) emissions to
stabilize climate change
– Adapt to the unavoidable
effects of climate change
– Reduce fossil fuel use,
change transportation
choices, retrofit buildings
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Improve air quality
Lower energy bills
Reduce fossil fuel reliance
Decrease traffic congestion
Improve pedestrian network
Improve public health
California’s plan to combat GHG emissions
• Executive Order S-3-05 (2005)
• Global Warming Solutions Act
(AB 32, 2006)
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Reduce GHGs to:
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1990 levels by 2020
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80% below 1990 levels by 2050
• Local governments
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State recommends 15% below current
levels by 2020
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Attorney General recommendations
S-3-05
AB 32
General Plan Update and the CAP
• General Plan Update
• Establishes GHG reduction targets
• 2020 target for AB 32 and SB 375
• 2050 target for EO S-3-05
• Defines GHG reduction strategies
• Climate Action Plan
• Near-term action plan to 2020
• Implements General Plan strategies
• Estimates GHG reductions
• Includes likely costs
• Identifies funding options
West Hollywood’s Climate Action Plan
• Purpose
– Describe innovative steps for City
departments and agencies to
reduce GHG emissions
– Identify steps that will reduce
emissions within the community
(businesses & residents)
– Propose strategies and actions
designed to achieve target GHG
reduction goal
– Create a framework for monitoring
progress towards goals
West Hollywood’s Climate Action Plan
• Climate change strategies could
include:
• Redeveloping transit-rich areas with mixed
use development
• Green building incentives
• Residential solar panel financing
• Energy- and water-efficient home and
business improvements and financing
• Reducing paved expanses/heat islands
• Increasing street trees
• Reinventing roads as complete streets
accessible to all users
Next Steps
• City Council Meeting (1/25)
• Public Workshop (1/30)
• Introduce Climate Action Plan
• Discuss potential GHG reduction targets
• Discuss potential GHG reduction strategies
Discussion