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Encinitas staff previews draft Climate Action Plan; commissioners press for cost analysis
Summary
City sustainability staff presented the draft 2025 Climate Action Plan to the Senior Citizen Commission, outlining 2016 emissions baseline, proposed 2030 and 2045 reduction targets, reduction strategies and a public comment schedule; commissioners pressed staff on timing of the implementation cost analysis.
Ryan Lampkin, the City of Encinitas Sustainability Management Analyst, presented the draft update to the city’s Climate Action Plan to the Senior Citizen Commission on March 18, describing the plan’s targets, strategies and schedule for final adoption.
Lampkin said the draft uses 2016 as the baseline year and reports a communitywide inventory of about 381,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2016, with on‑road transportation identified as the largest emission source. He said the draft retains the plan’s existing 2030 target and adds a longer‑range 2045 goal; the proposal sets the 2030 target at 40% below the 2016 baseline and a 2045 target at 85% below the 2016 baseline.
The draft lays out high‑level…
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