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New K4C and city inventories show Sammamish core emissions falling but gaps remain for 2030 goals
Summary
City staff presented updated King County / K4C greenhouse-gas inventories showing county consumption emissions at 47.3 million metric tons CO2e and a county geographic total of ~24.2 million metric tons; Sammamish core emissions fell about 12% since the 2019 baseline, but combined policies still fall short of 2030 reduction targets.
City sustainability staff presented updated greenhouse-gas inventories developed for the King County Cities Climate Collaboration (K4C) and a city-specific geographic inventory for Sammamish, highlighting both progress since 2019 and remaining gaps to reach 2030 targets.
The inventories, prepared by Cascadia Consulting Group for the King County Executive Climate Office and partners, include consumption-based and geographic measures. Rose, the city’s sustainability staff member presenting the data, said the county’s consumption-based emissions were 47,300,000 metric tons of carbon-dioxide-equivalent (CO2e) for 2023, while the county’s geographic inventory totaled about 24,200,000 metric tons CO2e. "Geographic inventories look at emissions that occur within a boundary;…
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