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Consider approving the amendments to the Environmental Action Plan’s Community Goals.
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Presented By: Keith Thomas, Sustainability and Environmental Manager
Recommendation and Review
The overarching principle of community goals is to empower our entire community to work together to slow the effects of climate change. Reaching the necessary greenhouse gas reduction goals will be reliant on choices made within the community including lifestyle changes in how we live, work, and travel. These community goals should be used to inform future implementation of climate and environmental action. The addition of community goals in the Environmental Action Plan adds clarity about our overall goals. In addition, the community goals expand the EAP from being largely focused on municipal operations to adding focus to our community. The community goals also establish a community-wide greenhouse gas reduction goal in our EAP. Specifically, a reduction of 45% in GHG emissions from 2016 levels by 2030 and reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 is needed in order to limit warming to 1.5-2°C (2.7-3.6°F) by 2050.