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San Francisco’s

Climate Protection Strategy

Johanna Partin

Director of Climate Protection Initiatives

Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom

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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

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San Francisco Greenhouse Gas Emissions Forecast, Reference Targets and

Current Emissions

9.3 Business as Usual

Forecast 8.5

8.3 7.8

Current 7.7 Kyoto Protocol

Target

6.6 San Francisco

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San Francisco’s Carbon Footprint

Regional road

vehicles, 24%

Muni, 1%

City car fleet, 1%

Regional transit, 2%

Residential buildings,

19%

Industrial buildings,

10%

Commercial

buildings, 16%

San Francisco road

vehicles, 25%

Municipal buildings,

4%

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Projected Sea Level Rise in San Francisco Bay

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Existing Bike Path Network Planned Bike Path Network

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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

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Municipal electricity is carbon neutral

8.5 MW solar PV (+ 5 MW Sunset project)

3 MW methane

Launching SWH & urban wind programs

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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

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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

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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

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Thank You!

Johanna Partin

johanna.partin@sfgov.org

+1 (415) 554-6640