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Santa Monica Addresses Climate Crisis

05/29/2019 10:38 AM | Margaret Fulton (Administrator)

Building on early successes, Council sets goal for an 80% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030 in new plan. Staff estimate that implementing the plan would cost over $800 million over the next decade.

Last night, the Santa Monica City Council adopted the Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (CAAP), the City’s roadmap to achieving an 80% cut in carbon emissions by 2030 and reaching community-wide carbon neutrality by 2050 or sooner. The CAAP also includes comprehensive plans for adapting to climate change and developing community resilience to more frequent hot days, coastal smog conditions, and impacts from wildfire, and those that are likely to occur in the future, such as sea level rise. This comes as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced earlier this month that global atmospheric carbon reached 415 parts per million surpassing levels not seen in recorded history.   

Read More: https://www.santamonica.gov/press/2019/05/29/santa-monica-addresses-climate-crisis-with-ambitious-carbon-emission-cuts-and-adaptation-measures

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