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City details climate goals and programs, plans to hire chief sustainability officer and expand energy work
Summary
City sustainability staff outlined municipal and community greenhouse-gas targets, new hires funded by grants, and a suite of operational and community programs including Butterworth solar, fleet electrification, a home-renovation energy pilot, and a community Climate Action Adaptation Plan.
City sustainability staff presented an extensive update Aug. 27 describing municipal greenhouse-gas targets, planned staffing, and department-level initiatives to reduce emissions and improve climate resilience.
Miss Wilkinson (sustainability staff) told commissioners the city’s municipal greenhouse-gas (GHG) reduction targets are an 85% reduction by 2030 (from a 2008 baseline) and 100% by 2040; community-wide targets (from a 2019 baseline) include a 62.8% per-capita reduction by 2030 and 100% by 2050. Wilkinson said city operations account for roughly 2.2% of community emissions and noted staff will use operational purchases, grants and programs to reduce city emissions while collaborating…
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