TRUCKEE 2040Climate-Ready Truckee Solutions Community Workshop

November 7, 2019

Legislative Framework and Targets

California’s Emissions Reduction Targets

Law or Resolution Reduction Target Target Year

Executive Order S-03-05 (2005) 80% below 1990 levels 2050

Assembly Bill 32 (2006) Reduce to 1990 levels 2020

Senate Bill 32 (2016) 40% below 1990 levels 2030

Executive Order S-03-05 (2018) Carbon Neutrality 2045

State vs. Truckee GHG Reduction Targets

In November 2017, Truckee established Energy and GHG reduction goals through Resolution 2017-58.

State vs. Truckee GHG Reduction Targets

State Climate Goals• 2030: Reduce emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels

• 2045: Achieve carbon neutrality

Truckee Climate Goals • 2040: Reduce emissions 80 percent below 2008 levels

In November 2017, Truckee established Energy and GHG reduction goals through Resolution 2017-58.

State vs. Truckee Renewable Energy Targets

State Climate Goals2020: 33 percent renewable electricity sources

2030: 60 percent renewable electricity sources

2045: 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2045

Truckee Climate Goals 2020: 100 percent renewable electricity for municipal facilities

2030: 100 percent renewable electricity communitywide

2050: 100 percent renewable energy (heating and electricity)

2008Communitywide Emissions Inventory

230,349 Metric

Tons

in 2008100,003

51,871

64,044

4,256

10,175

0 50,000 100,000 150,000

Residential Energy

Non-Residential Energy

Transportation

Solid Waste

Wastewater and Water

Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (MTCO2e)

64,679

25,216

56,428

3,804

3,140

0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000

Residential Energy

Non-Residential Energy

Transportation

Solid Waste

Wastewater and Water

Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent (MTCO2e)

2016Communitywide Emissions Inventory

153,267 Metric

Tons

in 2016

Emissions Reductions from CA Legislation

• Energy • Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard• CA Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24)

Emissions Reductions from CA Legislation

• Energy • Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard• CA Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24)

• Transportation• Advanced Clean Car Standards • CARB Innovative Clean Transit• CARB Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Emissions Reductions from CA Legislation

• Solid Waste• AB 1826 Solid waste: organic waste• SB 1383 Methane Reductions

Emissions Reductions from CA Legislation

• Solid Waste• AB 1826 Solid waste: organic waste• SB 1383 Methane Reductions

• Other• Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy• Carbon Sequestration

• Natural and Working Lands Implementation Plan

Legislative Reduction Estimate

46,070

230,349

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50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

2008 2040

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State Reductions

≈ 46%

Local Reductions

≈ 34%

Annual Emissions

Target

230,349

153,267

117,478

46,070

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50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

2008 2016 2030 2040 2045

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Target Year

Town of Truckee GHG Reduction Goals

40% below 2008 levels

80% below 2008 levels

Achieving Truckee’s Climate Goals

Truckee GHG Reduction Strategies

Truckee’s GHG Reduction Measure Process• Public and GPAC Climate Subcommittee provide input on reduction ideas

• Ideas ranked for reduction potential and co-benefits

• Set of GHG reduction measures developed and reviewed by public

• Comments considered and final set of measures included in General Plan to

meet state and local targets

• Opportunities for combined mitigation/adaptation strategies!

Climate Change in the Town of TruckeeMARNI KOOPMAN, CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENTIST

U.S. BLM NOAA W. Stewert

Climate change is simple, serious, solvable• Basic chemistry• Models created to help predict future

trends, not to explain climate change• OK to have doubts about the science

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Historical trends - global

Global temperature change (from 1880 to 2016 average)

Current CO2(410ppm) 46% higher than prior to 1900.

1.7 ○ F on average

Truckee, CA Climate Trends

Available at: https://climatewise.org/truckee

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+2.0○ F on average1937-66 vs. 1987-2016

# Days Below Freezing

-8 days/yearIn 2017 there were 240 days!

# Days Above 90○ F

+10 days/yearIn 2017 there were 35 days!

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-15% on average1945-74 vs. 1988-2017

Vulnerability Assessment

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NATURAL

CULTURAL

Available at: https://climatewise.org/truckee

NATURAL

Health and Emergency Services

Fewer outdoor recreational opportunities Mental health impacts and trauma from repeated

exposure to extreme events Increasing pests, disease, water-borne and food-

borne illnesses

Overburdened roads, wastewater, stormwater, electric, trails, buildings, etc.

Traffic congestion Wildfire risk to property, homes, and lives Electrical blackouts and damage to electrical

infrastructure

Infrastructure

Natural Systems

Degradation of nature and loss of native species Increasing wildfire risk to forests and other habitats Damage to trails, habitats, and delicate ecosystems

like wetlands

Loss of employment in service and recreation Cost of wildfire (Paradise fire cost $16.5B) Reduced tax revenue could lead to fewer services

(Paradise fire lead to $3-6B/yr. lost) Increase in homelessness and food insecurity

Business and the Economy

Culture and Well-being

Non-profit organizations overburdened from increasing need and declining funding

Loss of nature-based culture Small-town culture affected by people moving to the

area

Creating Climate Change Solutions

“We can adapt to this problem up to a point, but that point is determined by how much we reduce greenhouse gas emissions”

-- Dr. Michael Oppenheimer, PrincetonCo-author of the IPCC 5th Assessment Report

Public Support for Climate Action

• Global warming is happening – 67%• It is caused by humans – 54%• People are worried about it – 60%• We should regulate CO2 – 72%• Schools should teach about climate

change – 77%

We’ve done it before…

Millions of horse and buggies in 1900. Car mass produced in 1916. Buggies gone by 1939.

Indoor plumbing arrived in cities in the 1900s. Rural areas by 1930s.

High speed cable installed across the entire U.S.