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Fort Lauderdale presents 25-year 'Net 0' plan; sustainability board urges formal adoption
Summary
Consultants and the Sustainability Advisory Board outlined a 25-year roadmap to cut municipal and community greenhouse-gas emissions, proposing 55 actions and upfront investments with projected deep reductions by 2050; board recommended commission adopt the plan by resolution.
The Fort Lauderdale Sustainability Advisory Board recommended on March 4 that the City Commission adopt a 25-year net zero greenhouse-gas plan that consultants say would cut nearly all community and municipal emissions by 2050.
The plan, developed with consultant WSP and city sustainability staff, lays out 55 distinct actions across eight community strategies (energy efficiency, renewables, reduced vehicle miles traveled, electric vehicles, sustainable aviation, waste and water reduction, tree canopy enhancement and related measures) and seven municipal strategies including municipal energy efficiency, fleet electrification and sustainability administration. "The plan provides a critical framework for shaping policies that will help the city achieve its net 0 goals, and we strongly recommend that the commission move forward with adopting the net 0 plan by resolution later, later today," Sustainability Advisory Board…
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