City staff says Eugene is 'moving in the right direction' on climate plan but not yet on track to meet targets

City of Eugene climate staff on Wednesday summarized progress on the city’s Climate Action Plan (CAP 2), describing new public-facing tools and saying the city is “moving in the right direction, but not quite enough” to meet its local emissions targets.

Danielle (staff), the city’s climate policy analyst and manager for the Sustainability Commission, told commissioners the city has implemented or put into ongoing operation 67% of CAP 2’s 117 actions and has started all but about 4% of the remainder. She presented a short four‑page guide, a new interactive story map and a climate dashboard designed to make the plan’s work and greenhouse‑gas inventories easier for the public to explore.

The presentation focused on the five CAP 2 categories — transportation, buildings, waste, consumption and resilience — and used those categories to explain recent projects, metrics and where the city still needs to act. “Transportation is our biggest opportunity area for impact because it is the largest source of our greenhouse gas emissions,” Danielle said.

Why it matters

Eugene’s Climate Recovery Ordinance (2014) set local targets including a 50% cut in fossil fuel use by 2030 and an annual community‑wide greenhouse gas reduction target. City staff said…