Encinitas staff unveils draft 2025 Climate Action Plan, aims for 2030 and 2045 emission cuts

Ryan Lampkin, the city’s sustainability analyst, presented the draft 2025 Climate Action Plan update to the Public Health and Safety Commission, saying the plan uses 2016 as the baseline year and lays out targets to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions 40% below 2016 levels by 2030 and 85% by 2045.

The plan, Lampkin told commissioners, includes an emissions inventory, a forecast that accounts for federal and state reductions, and a menu of measures the city could adopt to close the remaining emissions gap. “My name is Ryan Lampkin. I’m the city’s sustainability analyst, and I’m excited to present the draft Climate Action Plan update to you all,” Lampkin said at the start of his presentation.

Lampkin said the 2016 baseline shows Encinitas emitted about 381,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent and identified on-road transportation as the largest source. Staff and the project consultant modeled a “business-as-usual” forecast and overlaid state and federal policy-driven reductions; the plan then attributes the remaining…