City of Delano Climate Action Plan
Document Content The Climate Action Plan is organized into the following chapters, as described below: Executive Summary. This section provides a summary of the Delano Climate Action Plan. Chapter 1: Introduction. This chapter provides an overview of the document, the purpose and scope of the Climate Action Plan, and its relationship the Delano General Plan.
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Chapter 2: Climate Change Background and Regulatory Setting. This chapter presents the basic science behind climate change and the ongoing research related to its effects on the natural and human world. In addition, Chapter 2 provides a brief explanation of federal regulations, state actions, and local actions pursuant to state requirements to reduce GHG emissions.
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Chapter 3: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, Forecasts, and Targets. This chapter presents the community‐wide inventory of GHG emissions for the 2005 base year. A subset of those emissions— municipal emissions attributable to government operations—is also presented. Using projections of population, employment, and new residential and commercial development, future emissions for the year 2020 are estimated for BAU market‐based conditions. In addition, future year emissions for the year 2035 are estimated for BAU General Plan build‐out conditions. This chapter also estimates the cumulative effect of implementing state‐wide measures in reducing GHG emissions over time. Finally, this chapter establishes the 2020 GHG emissions target as 15 percent below base year 2005 emissions, and describes the emissions “gap” that the City of Delano Climate Action Plan must close to reach that target. Chapter 4: Reduction Goals, Strategies, and Actions. Reducing emissions to at least 15 percent below the 2005 base year inventory will require the City of Delano and its residents and businesses to commit to strategies that impact energy use, development density and vehicular use, solid waste diversion, and water consumption. Chapter 4 addresses each of these major categories, summarizing the category’s contribution to total city‐wide emissions and describing the strategies and measures that will be implemented to reduce emissions from each category over time. It also provides estimates of the emissions reduction potential for individual strategies and actions in each category in 2020, as well as a summary of the aggregate impact of all strategies in 2035. Chapter 4 also incorporates the policies and programs that Delano has implemented since the 2005 base year, accounting for their emissions reduction impacts.
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Chapter 5: Monitoring and Implementation. This chapter outlines recommended steps for implementing the Climate Action Plan strategies described in Chapter 4, and for monitoring the progress of implementation. Chapter 6: Preparing Delano for Climate Change. This chapter presents an overview of the impacts Delano is expected to experience due to projected changes in the climate, and what the City can do to begin preparing for them.
5. Greenhouse GAS Reduction Goals and Strategies
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