{"id":313213,"date":"2022-07-08T09:23:12","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T16:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/?p=313213"},"modified":"2022-07-06T19:04:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T02:04:07","slug":"san-diegos-updated-climate-action-plan-heads-to-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/san-diegos-updated-climate-action-plan-heads-to-city-council\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego\u2019s updated Climate Action Plan heads to City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Diego City Council Environment Committee on June 30 unanimously endorsed Mayor Todd Gloria\u2019s update\u00a0of the\u00a0City\u2019s Climate Action Plan.<\/p>\n

The update formalizes the City\u2019s goal of achieving 100% renewable energy by 2030, and net-zero emissions by 2035 while reinforcing the City\u2019s standing as a national climate leader. The CAP update will now be voted on by the full City Council in late July.<\/p>\n

One hundred percent renewable energy means getting all energy from renewable resources \u2013 sunlight, wind, rain, tides, waves, and geothermal heat \u2013 to be used for electricity, heating, cooling, and transport.<\/p>\n

Net-zero applies to a situation where global greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are in balance with emissions reductions. At net zero, carbon dioxide emissions are still generated, but an equal amount of carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere as it is released into it, resulting in a zero increase in net emissions.<\/p>\n

\u201cSan Diego is at a crossroads,\u201d said Gloria in his introduction to the CAP update. \u201cWe can and must make the choices and investments necessary to embrace the growing clean-energy economy, provide equitable access to clean mobility, deliver healthy built and natural environments, and protect our residents from the growing threats of climate change. Since 2020, we have heard from more than 3,800 residents about your hopes, needs, and frustrations. Establishing a net-zero GHG emissions target by 2035 means eliminating fossil-fuel emissions from most day-to-day activities in a little more than a decade.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis CAP guides our collective efforts to build a better future together,\u201d continued Gloria. \u201cIt won\u2019t be easy. This is an ambitious plan. But the financial cost and human consequences of inaction are almost unimaginable. The CAP is our strategy to create a City with more efficient buildings and healthier lifestyles, good-paying green jobs, and more resilient communities. Achieving net-zero emissions will improve the air we breathe, the communities we live in, and our overall quality of life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adopting the updated CAP builds on the landmark plan adopted by the\u00a0City\u00a0in 2015,\u00a0and\u00a0advances\u00a0goals around de-carbonizing the City\u2019s built infrastructure.\u00a0This\u00a0transition\u00a0away from fossil fuels\u00a0is to be\u00a0supported by the implementation of\u00a0strategic\u00a0initiatives including\u00a0building electrification, electric vehicle infrastructure, renewable energy, mobility upgrades, and\u00a0zero\u00a0waste\u00a0goals.<\/p>\n

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One of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System\u2019s battery-electric buses. COURTESY PHOTO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAchieving CAP\u2019s ambitious goals will produce a sustainable future for San Diegans\u00a0and remain a model for the country,\u201d said\u00a0District 1 Councilmember Joe\u00a0LaCava,\u00a0chair\u00a0of the City Council\u2019s\u00a0Environment Committee. \u201cClimate action cannot wait.\u00a0This updated CAP is the start.\u00a0I\u00a0look forward to the\u00a0implementation plan and a budget to inform the Council\u2019s priorities and funding\u00a0decisions.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0appreciate\u00a0the\u00a0mayor\u2019s\u00a0and\u00a0staff\u2019s\u00a0commitment\u00a0to carrying out\u00a0this work and aggressively tackling the climate crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n

Initially, the Climate Action Campaign, a group whose mission is to stop the climate crisis through effective policy action, opposed the City\u2019s updated CAP plan to cut greenhouse gasses because it lacked a clear timeline and costs for implementation.<\/p>\n

But Nicole Capretz, founder\/CEO of CAC, who helped write the City\u2019s 2015 CAP, now supports the City moving forward with a new updated plan, even without a hard deadline and fixed goals. \u201cGiven the City\u2019s failure to implement the first CAP, we are focused on getting firm commitments to fund and identify associated costs for the new updated plan,\u201d Capretz said adding,\u00a0\u201cPlanning is good, doing is better.\u201d<\/p>\n

The City\u2019s updated CAP can be viewed at climate-_action-plan-updated-draft.pdf (sandiego.gov)<\/a> .<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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