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Office of Sustainability and Environment: 2022 greenhouse gas inventory shows modest rebound after pandemic dip; transportation still largest source
Summary
The Office of Sustainability and Environment told the council committee on March 20 that Seattle’s 2022 greenhouse gas inventory showed emissions rose about 4% from the pandemic low but remain about 12% below a 2008 baseline, with transportation making up roughly 58% of core emissions.
The Office of Sustainability and Environment (OSE) briefed the Sustainability, City Light, Arts & Culture Committee on Seattle’s 2022 greenhouse gas inventory on March 20, 2025, presenting trends, sector drivers and planned next steps for a climate action plan update.
Michelle Caulfield, interim director of the Office of Sustainability and Environment, Ani Krishnan, climate data and policy manager, and Liliana Ayala, interim deputy director, reviewed the geographic greenhouse gas inventory used to measure progress on Seattle’s targets. Ani Krishnan summarized the inventory: “In 2022, across these three key sectors, emissions ticked up around 4% after a pandemic-induced dip in 2020,” and added that 2022 emissions are about 12% lower than a 2008 baseline even as the city’s population grew by about 26% over that period.
OSE highlighted the inventory’s structure: a geographic inventory that tracks emissions within city…
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