Climate Action Plan

What is a Climate Action Plan?

A climate action plan is a detailed and strategic framework for measuring, planning, and reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related climatic impacts. The City is dedicated to expedite implementation of measures to mitigate climate change by lowering carbon emissions, in conjunction with EPA’s Climate Action Plan.

EPA Climate Action Plan Update

The “East Palo Alto Community Climate Action Plan and Adaptation Strategies 2030” (Draft CAP 2030) is currently under public review and it is anticipated to undergo a CEQA review to ensure compliance. The original Climate Action Plan (CAP) was adopted in December 2011 with a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 15%. This CAP matured in 2020, with the 23 actions yielding about 20% reduction in GHG emissions from the City’s baseline year of 2005.

The City of East Palo Alto is considered more vulnerable than average due to a variety of factors including proximity to the San Francisco Bay, and along low-lying areas prone to flooding, as well as other disadvantages. As the community seeks to meet new state guidelines on GHG emissions reductions, to reduce the most severe impacts of climate change, the community seeks to adopt adaptive measures to improve resilience to the current and known climate change impacts.

Please join us in providing your input. Complete the attached survey and/or review the Draft East Palo Alto Community Climate Action Plan and Adaptation Strategies 2030 and provide your comments to cleancity@cityofepa.org.

The Draft CAP 2030 may return to the Planning Commission and City Council in the fall of 2022 for further public review.