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Countywide Climate Action
The County and the cities are taking actions to save energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit the growth of global warming.
San Mateo County Energy Strategy
The San Mateo County Energy Strategy brings together the cities in the county to work collaboratively on climate change issues, energy and water conservation and green economic development.
San Mateo County Energy Strategy Executive Summary - 1.12 MB
San Mateo County Energy Strategy - 5.37 MB
Countywide Climate Action Programs
The County and the cities are taking actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and limit the growth of global warming.
• Greenhouse Gas Inventories:
The County and the cities are developing greenhouse gas inventories, which are essentially "carbon footprints" for an entire jursidiction: an accounting of the greenhouse gases emitted by a jursidiction's government operations, residents, and businesses over a specific period of time. This inventory allows a jurisdiction to see which activities or sectors are emitting the highest amount of greenhouse gases.
• Setting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets:
Once the County and the cities have completed their inventories, they will set targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and a timeline for meeting those targets. They will aim to reach an ultimate goal of 80% reduction of their greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, which the State requires in the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006
• Climate Action Planning:
The County and the cities will also develop climate action plans, which are strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a jurisdiction's municipal operations and in its community.