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San Francisco’s Climate Protection Strategy. Johanna Partin Director of Climate Protection Initiatives Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom. San Francisco’s Climate Goals in Context. San Francisco Climate Action Plan (2004): 20% reduction in carbon emissions below 1990 levels by 2012
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San Francisco’s Climate Protection Strategy Johanna Partin Director of Climate Protection Initiatives Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom
San Francisco’s Climate Goals in Context • San Francisco Climate Action Plan (2004): 20% reduction in carbon emissions below 1990 levels by 2012 • Kyoto Protocol (1997): 7% reduction in carbon emissions below 1990 levels by 2012 • AB 32 (2007): 20% reduction in emissions below 1990 levels by 2020 • Governor’s Executive Order S-3-05: 80% reduction below 1990 levels by 2050
San Francisco’s Progress on our Communitywide Carbon Inventory
Climate ActionGoal: Reduce CO2 to 20% below 1990 levels by 2012 • First in nation to certify CO2 emissions through 3rd party (CA Climate Registry) • Citywide Climate Action Plan • Departmental Climate Action Plans • SF Carbon Fund • Exploring Carbon Tax Currently 7% below 1990 levels
Climate Strategy Basics: What our climate footprint tells us • Encourage people out of their cars and into other forms of transportation (public transit, biking, walking) • Orient new growth near transit and jobs • Incentivize use of less polluting cars • Use less energy • Replace fossil-fueled energy consumption with renewables • Send less to landfill • Build greener buildings • Plant more trees
Clean TransportationGoal: Carbon neutral transportation system by 2030 • 58% Auto, 18% Transit, 6% Bike, 18% Walk • Public transit = only 1% of total communitywide emissions • Improving MUNI through the Transit Effectiveness Project and new transit developments (i.e. Central Subway) • Promoting commuting alternatives through incentives and mandates • Expanding the City’s bicycle network and programs • Completing and implementing City’s Pedestrian Master Plan • Congestion Pricing parking meters • “Greening” cars (taxis, rental cars, city fleet) • Using biodiesel and alternative fuels • Bay Area EV Corridor
100% of public transit is electric or B20 biodiesel Largest municipal electric fleet in country Largest municipal biodiesel (B20) fleet in country 43% increase in biking since 2007
Existing Bike Path Network Planned Bike Path Network
Energy Efficiency & Renewable EnergyGoal: Reduce 400,000 tons CO2/year through EE &50 MW in-city renewables by 2012 Energy Efficiency: • Municipal energy efficiency • Energy Watch program (commercial, multi-tenant buildings) • Resilient Homes (single family homes & 2-4 unit buildings) • Zero Energy Homes Renewable Energy: • Municipal hydro, solar, methane • GoSolar SF • Emerging technologies (ocean power, urban wind, co-gen) • San Francisco Sustainable Financing (SF2) program
Municipal electricity is carbon neutral 8.5 MW solar PV (+ 5 MW Sunset project) 3 MW methane Launching SWH & urban wind programs
Zero WasteGoal: 75% diversion by 2010 • Curbside recycling/ composting • Banned plastic bags in supermarkets & drugstores • Banned styrofoam • Banned bottled water in City departments • Mandatory recycling & composting (effective 10/21/09) 72% diversion rate
Green Building • Toughest green building standards in the country • LEED Silver required for municipal buildings and commercial new construction and large retrofits • Mandatory recycling of construction debris
Urban ForestGoal: Plant & maintain 25,000 new trees by 2012 Met goal in 2009 668,000 trees (12% canopy) offsetting 2,500,000 pounds CO2 annually
Thank You! Johanna Partin johanna.partin@sfgov.org +1 (415) 554-6640