Climate action and emissions

a program in which we faced similar challenges with residential energy efficiency and electrification

if we can move towards a climate resilience home you know improvement sort of whole nexus

that would provide us more flexibility with in our climate fund allocations to then put more money towards home hardening

It contributes significantly to global car carbon emissions and it fills up our landfills two times faster than what the city puts out curbside at our homes and businesses.

material recovery has delivered a substantial cumulative net reduction in carbon emissions to Boulder

Saving the flood plane also will help Boulder meet climate goals because flood planes like those at South Boulder Creek are unparalleled natural mechanisms for carbon sequestration

the fact that Excel Energy has already expressed that they're going to fail on the carbon emissions in the 2027 and 2028.

Averting our own pending climate catastrophe serves as a model of good climate stewardship.

how do we get people out of their cars and into multimodal transportation and key questions about how to reduce vehicular traffic and emissions.

the multimodal project was supposed to be systemwide and aimed at reducing greenhouse gases.

so we did avoided emissions um and then ranked them that way

what are are we looking at uh fuels that don't necessarily add to our carbon neutral goals of 2050?

Reusing existing buildings retains materials and embodied carbon, reduces construction waste, and avoids many of the emissions associated with new construction

it shows $9 million, but that includes revenue from a lot of different funds, not the climate tax solely

that's what was proposed related to the climate tax, and I just wanted to share that out

a proposal of a city council member who was looking to use climate tax dollars and open space dollars to put more money into wildfire resilience

she specializes in creative climate communication using performance and the arts to engage people with climate and sustainability issues

the Colorado River changes given the negotiations that are going on plus drought and climate change

you can unite with climate initiative departments as well that can um you know produce more permanent solutions

at our peak, our marijuana cultivators represented 3% of communitywide emissions

we really felt as a community that we could have more impact and create more offset proactively

preparing Boulder to respond to changing environmental conditions and future climate change challenges

This value really recognizes that protecting our natural systems and investing in resilient infrastructure are complimentary strategies that help address climate change

a one-time increase of 300,000 in the climate tax fund for wildfire ready priorities

So if we want different wildfire strategies or climate strategies or new audit authorities or things like that

Use that time to reconcile enrollment projections with Boulder's growth plans, evaluate traffic and climate impacts, and determine what happens

So accelerating our emissions reductions, improving the safety, reliability, and resilience of our electric system

by 2030 we will be 85% carbon-f free. That means our customers will be receiving

And our overarching goal is to be net zero by 2050

I don't believe that's going to be sufficient for the um mega climate crisis and chaos

They contribute to climate change more than any other land use in our thing other than maybe oil and gas

it could have implications for the city's energy code requirements which currently require new builds to use electric over natural gas.

reduce greenhouse gas emiss emissions. Um so next up, Proposition NN.

I just need us to really think deeply about the climate impacts that are already coming

The measures feed the measurements feed the world's longest running airborne greenhouse gas record

I build scientific instruments that measure greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide, methane, carbon monoxide

Boulder has committed to steep science-based climate targets and our community greenhouse gas emissions dash dashboard tracks our progress

policies that begin around policy 39 and sort of carry through policy 54 that speak to a number of different number of different things around electrification

It's also referenced in the climate action plan that was just released.

I know that the Climate Initiatives team is already looking into this

I've recently become aware of this idea of a climate super fund type initiative

it's essentially an oil and gas industry industry rightwing sort of attack on electrification

we had to weigh different impacts of suggested revisions on issues like environment and climate change

Colorado has just experienced one of the driest winters on record

And here I'm extending not just the climate goals, but also the affordability issue around energy

staff is very much looking and working with our climate initiatives team to think about what some of those uses

it was my understanding that climate initiatives have already been starting to look into that for per previous conversations

All good policies, protecting trees and trying to go net zero.

they can double their emissions compared to charging at 10:00 a.m. or when the wind is blowing at night

We can dramatically reduce our emissions simply by shifting some of our electricity use to times that are mostly from renewables

And we're going to be demolishing things, like the Unity Church, which was built in 1992, and will be a huge carbon footprint to just take down.

it is a heavy brick structure, and it's really a lot of carbon intensity to, offload that

for holding all my funds for my kids for climate change

We consider climate change, but the longer answer is anything from You know, 15 minutes to

how it takes into account climate change, and the various things that come with that, like drought

The snowpack this year is 60% below average, and climate scientists suggest drought years like this are becoming more likely, not less.

and help also contribute to Boulder's emission reduction goals

there is a tremendous amount of preserved embodied carbon

typically though, after we provide an energy efficient building, which is a lower total cost of ownership, um sometimes that difference between electrification is rather negligible

I totally get the need to protect embodied carbon

when we think about our emissions goals, it's like, that's not what we say

we've also had deep conversations about the difference between climate equity and climate justice

the introduction of two new resilience and equity goals, which are now at the same level as our climate mitigation goal

It says it reduces greenhouse gas emissions through electrification and improves spaces used for emergency sheltering.

significantly going to reduce energy and greenhouse gas emissions over time by eliminating the pool and electrifying the building

So, Scenario A says it reduces emissions through electrification.

reduces potential impacts like vehicle trips and greenhouse gas emissions

I just think it's really important that we're addressing this with the climate.

Climate leadership and environmental stewardship continue to guide our decisions, reinforcing our commitment to sustainability.

the whole department and work plan of climate initiatives came out of, that previous plan.

Climate change is another way… reason why we don't need to be Expanding or increasing our population

I went to the… Presentation on… The 10th, I think it was. And… I… It's, time… climate change, that's the other one. And I appreciate the thoughtfulness.

with a focus on integrating nature, reducing car dependency, and advancing renewable, climate-responsive techniques in design

what that would cause in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

to the city's ability to manage climate change and major weather events

but we're not including climate in the first level of the analysis.

I don't understand why we're continuing to make decisions without considering climate first, nature first.

how um climate projections uh were included and employment contract employment projections were included

Climate leadership and environmental stewardship continue to guide our decisions, reinforcing our commitment to sustainability.

We'll look at net zero heat pumps for the building and pool.

fossil fuel consumption and GHG emission reduction. Those were all priorities that we had seen

I know carbon's important, and it's all top of mind and all we get to talk about

I see greenhouse gases here, but, like, tying that into, like, health equity and chemical exposure

the carbon sequestration that is already in the trees.

And we'd love to help create the density that decreases greenhouse gases in an urban core.

I'm all about reducing emissions, but really the important thing now is to make sure that we have ways to keep the power on

I do a lot of work on climate change.

The specifics of this for climate change are more people.

And then Sustainability and Climate Adaption, that group is gathering for their initial meeting next Monday.

We're meeting in a couple weeks, specifically on sustainability and climate.

We'll be generating 93.5 kilowatt hours of solar, and offset 75 to 90% of our building's energy usage

And I'm here to speak about the sustainability features and benefits of our new building.

the city's climate action plan identifies the need for renewable energy generation to support our move to zero emission electricity

showcase climate change and disaster resilience site. Um is that including burying all the utilities

Even though we are stellar in in our contributions to our climate work

I was informed by the City and Climate Initiatives Project, who were administrating the program to me

5 million buys enough utility scale solar and batteries to save that 1,200 tons of carbon

how do we calculate that and create that baseline of emissions related to waste, to transportation of staff, equipment

I am not a big fan of offsets, however, that's what Sundance does right now.

We did add a new economic resilience item to the Climate Change and Community Resilience section

one other thing that's important, too, with climate, you know, picking up my climate, I noticed this fall

It might be interesting to have some climate change scenarios, it might be interesting.

there are a couple ways to look forward on the climactic part of this right now

as far as wildfire and climate change and having a broad vision, we need to have a strategic plan

I would just love us to consider um the language climate benefit

renewable energy generation to support the City's move to zero-emission electricity as a community need

and they're causing carbon footprint, can't… you know, I know it's expensive, but long-term, it's cheap.

so that I can get solar, so that I can fuel a geothermal heat pump

And I I work in building decarbonization. I can tell you that unfortunately you're not alone

I continue to be excited about um some of the climate components um as well as the opportunities.

And I know within the planning board there's plenty of projects that you do that involve the community benefit of climate change

the desire for the comprehensive plan to address the valley's natural resources and changing climate

we are both aeridifying and humidifying as our climate has changed

there was no reference to climate change in the key policy directions

With carbon footprint, because we need to use all this plastic-based technology.

the emissions profile and how that would affect selections of different types of foods

you have lower emissions in transporting it. I think it could be local

methane emissions. So that would be, you know, you know, covering the gamut of a selection

balancing other community values of historic preservation energy efficiency, carbon neutrality, keeping the pedestrian scale

The demolition of these four buildings would destroy their embodied energy, deplete natural resources, and hurt the carbon footprint of Boulder.

She kept our city at the forefront of local climate action through her leadership on building code changes that reduce embodied carbon

Just to name a few things, ADUs, occupancy reform, minimum wage, coralia network, embodied carbon building codes

I know how climate change works. And what's the point of being excited about the carbon here?

Policies around climate change, or just on policies?

Do we want to say the emphasis on policies related to climate change preparation and utilities?

I like that. Climate change and utilities role in development.

making those upgrades more accessible and contributing to the city's climate goals

can we start with the climate change and climate and community resilience section

Um and then my second question which is more climate related.

the climate action plan tax is the foundational funding source for all of the strategies that we have

As you know, Boulder has been working towards communitywide emissions reduction targets for nearly two decades.

A lot of this is already laid out in the pact, which the mayor and the city manager signed last month, so

Oh, but the emissions inventory web, it was a press release that also went out yesterday

Continuing on, pretty impressive trajectory, so where we, reduced emissions another 8% over 2023, it's our 2024 inventory.

develop policies that reduce the embodied carbon in the built environment through the use of low carbon Alternatives

embodied energy lost, or carbon footprint lost by these demolitions

how to adapt venues, outdoor venues, to climate change in, like, 40 years

that's an aspirational thing that the City of Boulder wants to get to

So I'm not discarding that. I absolutely think it's a priority, especially for a progressive city like Boulder.

The City of Boulder has a deep and long-standing commitment to addressing climate change and to reducing energy consumption.

Consideration of climate change impacts. I think maybe you specifically said in the flood management work

this project aligns directly with C Boulders's climate sustainability and wildfire resilience goals

I have to drive to Broomfield so that my car gets enough Whatever it needs to actually make the, emissions thing work.

we expect to see a reduction in emissions, because we expect to see a change in

that Will reduce emissions overall, because it will allow more people to choose

Boulder's transportation system is essential to achieving our climate goals.

our landscapes could absorb something on the order of 20,000 tons of carbon annually

how much carbon could our 40,000 acres of open space lands absorb

the climate story that we've been telling ourselves for 20-plus years has been focused exclusively on the role that burning fossil fuels plays in causing climate change

And if I could be an Environmental Advisory Board and be testifying against this contribution of Carbon footprint to the landfill.

it's much like the sustainability code, you know, it ratchets up over time

It's very low carbon use. It's all made out of wood from a structural standpoint

We know climate change is going to get worse, and it's going to be more extreme heat, more extreme weather

Does it have a climate function? Does it have a new recreation agility climate function?

every cent I have for climate change, because that's the biggest thing coming down.

there is the changing climate, which calls for a land use plan that can adapt

we were asked to design a TDM ordinance that contributes to our transportation and climate goals by reducing vehicle trips and mobile emissions

I'd like to ask that 1% of the climate initiatives budget be used to build us a new system.

Changes in vegetation up in the watershed, or whatever else there may be runoff, you know, kind of events

but also how's the climate change? How do these intersect?

Integrate climate and environmental strategies into plan designations.

the city has already met many of the targets outlined in the pact

this is the first time it really spoke out to me about the energy efficiency of perhaps relocating a building and carbon emissions

In many cases, the relocation and reuse of an existing building is more energy efficient than demolition and new construction

It's the second highest source of our emissions comes from our food systems

we know that concrete increases the heat island, and it's very carbon heavy

Our buildings were not built for the climate we're headed for

what are we doing to differentiate um between electrification using natural gas and electrical electrification using renewables

while climate and emissions reductions are important to some members of your community

Also active in the… the Climate Equity Fund that has some… a grant round going on right now.

I'll also mention, in tandem with our climate action plan, all of these major renovations are being converted from steam

Referring back to the climate resilience and sustainability considerations

he gives it a more real rendition that talks about the, maybe truer and, bigger impacts of carbon, both positive and negative.

You've got priority action number 10A, expand the efforts to eliminate carbon, and I'm going to suggest

to align our investment portfolio with our human rights and climate goals and values

I do a lot of work on climate change and I have three thoughts for you tonight.

enhanced access and use of multimodal investment, and greenhouse gas emissions

help meet our city goals in reducing single-occupant vehicle travel and, mobile emissions

And the use of multimodal… Investment… and greenhouse… gas emissions.

Enhanced access and use of multimodal investment and greenhouse gas emissions.

reducing greenhouse gas emissions. I think there's a strong benefit that comes from that cost.

the number of emission continues to go down as you get through the packages.

if we really want to target kind of the greenhouse gas emission reduction, we'd focus on

We know we want to decarbonize. So they kind of put together an analysis that's based on that in terms of the financials.

the bicycles are actually using up, you know, carbon footprint in the tires

The whole region is dealing with the water supply uncertainty that comes with climate change and we're all trying to plan

climate change risks identified in the Colorado water plan that I described earlier.

assumes climate change results in the Colorado front range as a whole, including Boulder, beginning to experience minor reductions in water supply.

you're going to see things like accessibility, lifelong learning, climate adaptation, experimentation already built into the Grant program

can you tell me the economic impact of having to purchase the electric landscaping equipment?

really just thinking about how everybody can be a part of the climate solution

Um we see a lot of work specific to climate.

these are our goals by 2030 to reduce emissions by 70% net 0 in 2035 carbon positive in 2040.

and they did a study in 2,019 that evaluated climate change, scenarios less on temperature and precipitation

A big, a big component of it is we're using so their climate, global climate models that the science community is using.

We do assume climate change will invoke enough water stress to result in moderate and major decreases

we were retaining a significant amount of embodied energy carbon there

the best way to reduce emissions, including greenhouse gas, are to really provide demand based solutions

includes considerations for emissions both particulate as well as others.

I was wondering if the ceap accounts for additional emissions in its modeling that come from the increased travel time.

new construction will take our lifetimes to recapture the embodied carbon that's in this building if we lose it

out of the climate tax, which is the tax on utility bills.

from an emission standpoint, though buildings are our single largest contributor to our missions.

we've been at addressing climate related issues, greenhouse gas emissions associated with our buildings for a long time

Motorized recreation is not consistent with the city's climate goals.

with the citation of worries about climate change or about climate protection

we're adapting the house to changing climate by providing weather protection and enhancing energy efficiency

the solution to providing housing in this place, meeting our climate goals while not deconstructing buildings.

striving for the highest that we can get building in climate change considerations when we can

in our comprehensive storm and flood plan that gets to climate change and and we have some language in there

this is to effectively increase transparency and better assess progress on climate, safety, and mobility goals

It could be regulation of requirements around low embodied materials that are high carbon content.

We're gonna be talking about our embodied carbon work. And then, of course, pairing that with the next wildfire piece

the monetary risk that cities, particularly boulder, has, that you could equate or kind of connect to climate change.

the data shows that embodied carbon in existing buildings, can can take forever decades to be replaced regardless of the newest energy, efficient construction

A new structure could be designed with sustainability principles in mind and built to a high environmental standard that reduces both the energy use and the carbon emissions.

It also speaks to greenhouse gas emissions. So, having some more guidance in the BBCP

trying to reach our our goals. As stated in the Tmp. Our climate goals, all of these things

And it has a lot to do with some of the energy upgrades that we need to make in our facilities to sustain the buildings, to reduce our carbon portfolio

next semester they'll have 2 actual classes dedicated to climate education at the high school level.

I'm trying to kick off here with climate excuse me climate initiatives.

We have a department in the city that is known as climate now, but I keep hearing it called sustainability.

they increase the greenhouse gas emissions, and parking is extremely expensive to build

The city has a climate goal, a 70% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. By 2030.

they decided to go with the Climate Action Plan Tax mostly because it was a renewal

local minimum parking requirements increase vehicle. Miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions as well as increasing development

This includes all of our emissions, and I think it's a great success story.

But we do an annual greenhouse gas inventory. That explains our methodology of how we calculate where we get the data

climate and the impacts of a changing climate are not in the future thing.

And then I know there are reducing greenhouse gas emissions requirements for developments of this size

So it's a greenhouse gas issue. Like these cul-de-sac things it's like weather vane

I didn't see any mention about the reducing greenhouse gas emissions requirement for sites over 30,000 square feet

reducing carbon on site through carbon offsets, increase renewables on site

to create this energy non-carbon emitting. I'm targeting cars. We got to do something about this guys.

But um this is a non-carbon burning uh emitting uh power plant.

Encouraging businesses to adopt practices that reduce their carbon footprint.

a big unknown though, is is climate change right. And we've got we model a range of scenarios.

You've got drought, hydrology, you know. Climate change considerations.

And so I work on climate change. And and you know the projections are we're seeing well drier to southwest.

uncut forest and ultimately released more carbon into the

I also think um we need climate action, not war.

Over the years, Boulder has reduced emissions, expanded renewable energy, protected vital habitats

We know that a city priority is climate and uh we work with our climate partners

start to speak to heat island impact or embodied carbon so that when people are making their choices

And since greenhouse gas emissions, at least at the local level, you know, come pretty significantly from transportation.

air quality, greenhouse gas and other environmental impacts are evaluated through each project's Seep checklist

it's like the same concept as the climate action tax that was passed 2 or 3 years ago

it's climate initiatives and boulder fire rescue working together on the wildfire mitigation links

as to how we design and operate parks, climate is a lens, as is equity on everything that we do

Do we engage with climate modelers, do we, you know, is there is there?

it makes our climate goals more challenging

we also have our climate crisis which is again billion dollar disasters that are escalating

The community prioritizes the environment and so air quality, greenhouse gas, and other environmental impacts are evaluated

Please consider adding additional types of electricity targets to the next climate action plan.

lead the nation with a goal of 100% zero emissions electricity by 2030.

I can hear the sound of my voice that all electric is not the same is not the same as all is not the same as carbon-f free.

consider applying for other boards that you may not think because every board should have a climate expert

we have an an incredible climate initiatives team that has expertise that always amazes me.

the non resident employees contribute much more to our greenhouse gas emissions

But I do work with climate initiatives, so they have their annual greenhouse gas inventory report

climate change has escalated from concern to emergency since 2,007

very excited to hear about the replacing of fossil fuel use with electricity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs

we filed just recently our clean heat plan that is a first of a Kind filing that demonstrates how we intend to reduce

the decarbonization is happening in electrification but the natural gas system is problematic

Um so far we are continuing to do our climate work. Um I know that's been a lot of conversation lately.

So that hybrid work environment along with the electric vehicle adoption, has resulted in declining overall greenhouse gas emissions.

The next one is, we're looking at our climate and our greenhouse gas emissions.

reduce transportation sector, Ghg emissions by encouraging active modes and incentivizing electric vehicle adoption both community-wide and at the municipal level.

we're in a climate crisis that's already causing worsening wildfires and climate disasters here and worldwide

who are deeply concerned about the climate crisis and promote a fast Fair transition off fossil fuels

I'm very confused as to why the city of Boulder is not supporting State House Bill 1096 which is

You know the effort the city is doing with respect to or climate issues climate resilience.

I know. Emissions of materials are pretty high in boulder, but not a lot of that's coming from construction

in order to really up the ante on sustainability and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

looking at op opportunities to incorporate our environmental values into our city purchasing policies

sort of these two slightly differently worded emissions goals part of our work this year is going to sort of clarify

under this goal related to emissions reduction certainly our partnership with XL Energy and the work that we do

to use the Tdm plan ordinance to provide an ongoing contribution towards meeting city and climate goals

our climate initiatives department here with the city has a new work group that they implemented a few years ago called natural climate solutions

I think a couple of the most important are related to climate change. Trees can help mitigate climate change

make this change to align with our climate goals um by and reduce embodied carbon

we're using a lot of foam Plastics and things with really high embodied carbon

And if you're truly sincere, as most boulder people are about climate change, you need to make sure everybody can have an Ev.

We're using less carbon and infrastructure and resources on that

to advance our goals around reduced vmt and greenhouse gas emissions

you said we're on track for 90% emissions. Reduction by 2030.

in various stages of the building decarbonization journey

So definitely significant progress on the grid emissions side.

The reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It shall be a condition of approval that the applicant demonstrate compliance with this criterion at time of building permit.

I know you have an energy. You know the climate plan, and if you have all those people heading across Boulder

which will make a big difference in our carbon footprint

although I appreciate again the redu the redu the reduction in emissions

working towards our climate goals by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions

I guess embodied carbon is the factor that comes into play when you're reusing an existing building

Our city has always had carbon reduction goals

to use this ordinance as a way to provide ongoing contributions to our city's transportation and climate goals

We believe that either an air source, heat pump or a ground source heat pump with insulation would replace all our gas consumption.

to achieve 0 net carbon emissions, which I understand is also one of the goals of the city of boulder.

when I just think about the electrification process. It's going to be coming.

these changes are essential for cutting our emissions and meeting our City's climate commitments

it's fundamental to climate action because it allows more structural efficiency

ghg emissions and vmts are lower within Urban centers and neighborhoods close to daily needs and services

Generally our effort to develop a roadmap falls inside of the greenhouse gas emission targets, emission reduction targets that we have

2 thirds of our greenhouse gas emissions are from buildings

2 thirds of our unit of our approximately 47,000 residential units, 3,700 commercial buildings produce our communities emissions

Boulder climate action plan must prioritize these strategies to lead on climate action

process of conducting a greenhouse gas forecasting analysis to chart that path towards meeting our emissions reduction targets

the plan will absolutely continue to focus on reducing CommunityWide emissions

Another criteria we have is reduce the greenhouse gas emissions

Ultimately the greenhouse gas emissions which translate over to how much emission is the building

I was referencing the reducing the greenhouse gas emissions

the way we have been thinking about that through our work is prioritizing climate positive design

landscape being in a um more climate friendly um direction is what I would like to see

increase the commute to other places and the carbon footprint, you know.

it sounds like there's some political loggerheads going on between the planning proposals and the climate action concerns.

So we've been in conversations with the Department of Climate initiatives on this issue related to, you know, environmental concerns.

aren't consistent with a a a serious approach to um getting our arms around our climate future in a responsible way

one of the things that the climate science is pretty clear about is that we need to build more compact space efficient communities

reduce Reliance on other sources of energy that are delerious to the climate and so we want to maximize yields

in order to achieve the level of um sustainability that we need to achieve in order to um meet our climate goals

the economy needs to be stimulated by improvements in climate change which these people are trying to do

we analyzed the possible amount of growth within the area against a number of different climate scenarios

So in the study it talked about under moderate to severe future climate projections

wondering about a consultation with the climate initiative regarding reduction of open space

Aside from the increased carbon output from more driving, you are also bound to lose a lot of community members

I know the city of Boulder a priority is climate being climate friendly

more frequent restrictions on in future years, like 2050, 2070, with climate change factor.

with climate change to handle those different areas of growth and demand

we know the climate is changing. The temperature of the reservoir is increasing

The types of things that older cares about when it comes to greenhouse gas, reduction vehicle, miles travel, reduction

as you know I do a lot of work on climate change I spent 20 years at the Public Utilities Commission

updated in light and in response to our current climate um you know issues and and climate reality and water reality

recognize that nature-based solutions should be a part of their core climate work

About a 3rd of our excess carbon in the atmosphere is from degradation

reduce emissions to try and reduce water use um and and move towards car carbon positive facilities

and then you've got carbon footprint and everything everything with car associated with carbon footprint

5 times more efficient than conventional gas, hot water heaters dramatically low utility bills and carbon emissions.

we've not talked to climate initiatives about this particular project

many studies have shown that local minimum parking requirements increase vehicle miles traveled greenhouse gas emissions

related to reducing Vmt. And greenhouse gas emissions

the report did not include climate change and so we know that there's going to be increased climate change

We're just gonna look at the error emissions account

I believe the city has a goal for appliances must be carbon free for new- new homes

I also feel that as the climate changes. sun, access to sun and warmth is going to become less and less important

and strategy 10 advancement toward 80% reduction in emissions

I'm compelled to be here because of my concern about the climate crisis

although climate Consciousness is included there was as uh my colleague indicated a desire to be more explicit around that

climate conscious business practice support and supporting A diversity of Industries

And then our 3rd sort of challenge areas are climate initiatives.

Because I was inquiring about some stuff that's going on with the electrification of downtown and how that's gonna impact.

the gain here is that we really get a big benefit on the projects embodied carbon impacts

affordable buildings will be Net Zero ready and we're trying to optimize natural light by keeping our building

And that's not going to. That's going to add to. The emissions. That. We all are trying to curb.

In addition, the carbon emission impact from thousands of additional car trips.

we are ever going to improve our safety reduce carbon emissions and transcend our addiction to automobiles

electrification is is a big part of meeting our Region's goals for climate and air quality

natural gas line that needs to be either replaced or made obsolete is that being woven into these other uh efforts

all of these programs focus on climate resilience the protection of Public Health

but also in our community's climate commitment as well

Climate resilience efforts that center equity and work towards systems change in beyond boulder

it would reduce greenhouse gas emission by over 33,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent

if successful this will be Boulder's first zeroc carbon building

they've done over a 100 Net Zero projects and do Global work for large organizations and municipalities

We helped design a grant application for regional electrification job training

electrification and energy user energy usage and efficiency and carbon footprint.

So a lot of what we're interested in doing some climate action like an actual climate action plan.

on track to be a global leader in low carbon redevelopment

would increase capacity, which would induce more traffic and make it a yet more carbon area

where we will look at updating policy to be more in alignment with with um the climate action plan

our climate goals are all carbon reduced space and um I would love to round that out with our best available science

Obviously water and air pollution, heat islands. It encourages car travel, more air pollution, more carbon.

They found in these studies that local minimum parking requirements increased vehicle miles traveled increased greenhouse gas emissions

Vehicle. Miles traveled reducing greenhouse gases, improving safety, and that we're tracking regularly

focuses on city-led climate actions the franchise agreement partnership agreement and the path to accomplishing the city's climate goals

address the gap between excel's 80% carbon emissions reduction by 2030 and Boulder's 2030 goal of 100% renewable electricity

This was really driven by a kind of a climate initiatives project from the beginning.

we also know from our most recent greenhouse gas inventory that transportation emissions show the biggest increase

Safe Streets meaning um uh deaths and serious injury Improvement as well as greenhouse gas reductions

compared to the totality of vehicle trips vehicle miles and Emissions that are produced every day

increase the vehicle miles traveled the greenhouse gas emissions in the community

The the majority of the strategies in the original cap were oriented towards the Kyoto target, which was to reduce emissions 7% below 1990 levels.

We want to have an 80% reduction in emissions. Excuse me, 70% reduction in emissions by 2,030 community wide across all sectors.

We talked very openly about our learnings around climate action remotely, what is really effective when you think about locally based climate action

There's a tremendous amount of embodied carbon in there.

especially in our increasing hailstone environment. As climate changes.

electricity was the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions so I and others went to the Public Utilities Commission

reducing car traffic is imperative to our future future climate and air quality goals

just along the lines of the climate, adaptation, emphasis? Sure, we've been receiving more and more applications

climate, adaptation, emphasis. visiting, resident artist, residency and indigenous artist fellowship

preserving an existing building that has embodied carbon in it that is relatively affordable.

identify some strategies related to energy, water, mobility, greenhouse gas, emission reductions

the gas service to electrification process for restaurants and stuff like that

we are modeling a variety of climate change scenarios

to offer people the mobility choices that will help achieve our community's climate commitment

to meet our community's climate goals we must offer robust connected and safe mobility choices

this is also a climate change issue as we know the pollution from bombs and all of that is really detrimental to our land

how much water is being used for these developments how much energy is being used for these developments

with the goal being to increase, transit ridership and best frequency to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas emissions

about 80% of that revenue being used to offset impacts on climate and air quality by

the airport's operations contribute substantially to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions conflicting with our City's climate goals

this supports the goal of uh converting the entire fleet to zero emission battery by 2030

What will the climate look like under different conditions of emissions?

The climate is actually a biologically mediated dynamic.

Climate change was about more than just energy systems.

I had Curiosities just around the climate tax um and how much of that tax is used

And then the climate Action Plan Update. We expect that to align with our work in the parks and Rec system

Really, there's so much money in Boulder and for us to be so constrained looking at equity and moving into this climate era.

this code is significant step towards achieving our climate action goals

the greenhouse gas emissions is is quite small again comparatively I don't want to diminish that

a step in the right direction for achieving Boulder's Target of carbon neutrality by 2035

I I am eager for for more fiscal impacts and information from uh um a climate and and specifically water and energy perspective

on the headwinds climate and water are listed could you impact those a little bit what what are you seeing

adapting that existing structure with the use of cross, laminated timber or other mass timber elements to again reduce that carbon impact

maintain a really low impact on this building's carbon impact as it's put together, both embodied and operational

this project is really highly driven by energy and carbon energy performance and carbon reduction

so we don't have to get rid of any of that. Embody carbon off the tossing on landfill.

When you did your analysis under the BBC P. Criteria, C reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

And this demo is an example of unnecessary climate change.

the city has very important and rigorous goals around carbon reduction

our ambitious Citywide climate goals are set pursued and period Aly updated in accordance with scientific consensus on the level of carbon reduction needed

increase Boulders carbon footprint and global warming contribution by propping open the doors to entice Shoppers inside

urge the community to celebrate the environments we call home and to share the city's efforts to slow climate

I didn't see any drive towards creating a a 0 carbon building design.

The wildlife is being paved over. There's tons of traffic and emissions.

this is this is climate action in one of the most important ways

we issue our greenhouse gas inventory. We issue our fleet and facilities inventory, our consumption based inventory.

a sort of a a scope expansion of the current climate action plan update to include the water literacy and biodiversity stuff

And this goes back to the lack the fact that we have 0 biodiversity targets on our climate piece.

Is there need to be a full lifecycle analysis and embodied energy tradeoffs between what's used to build the new.

The point is. This has carbon footprint that's costly.

So right now we've got 3 decarbonization targets.

It is exciting to have climate goals that were established in 2021.

or actually, the accumulation of our decisions are creating more carbon lock into future decades.

I really appreciate the goal of this project be net. 0 embodied and operational carbon emissions.

We're called to a different future by the melting glaciers, the crazy weather, the overheated planet

we really wanted to really impact carbon emissions, wouldn't we just have less units and less people?

the impacts to climate there our climate is also significantly impacted

including on climate where again the climate impacts of what is going on there will impact us here significantly

to support transportation and greenhouse gas reduction goals as well as broader sustainability goals

minimizing greenhouse gas emissions. And then I'll go on to just site.

Boulder residents passed the climate tax with just over 70% support in 2022

the city continues to work to meet the goal of an 80% reduction by 2030

overwhelming support of the climate tax renewal in November of 2022 which specifically supports Community wildfire and resilience efforts

We're front loading now the carbon footprint, hoping that these buildings last long enough to pay them off

also was excited to see the positive impact on boulders, climate goals

it's gotta be a huge number when it comes to emissions and and that's something we we can calculate

directly related to our climate goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80%.

you claim to be committed to climate and environmental issues do you really believe that climate is a local issue only polluting the world

reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation by 50% by 2030 will only be met if the city supports developments

do you have a sense of are there a set of targets you're looking at or standards

continued progress towards the community's emissions, reduction goals and and goals towards renewable and 0 emission electricity

where the primary mechanisms of the carbon emissions reduction come from, and I'm wondering.

we wanted to see your over your reductions and emissions between 2,020 and 2030, not something along the lines of like very little progress

But our goal is reduction. Our goal is not punishment.

we're encouraged to hear the staff is exploring ways to incorporate embodied carbon quantification and reduction

our analysis continues to show that we're already saving emissions. Simply by going to electric even with today's grid.

Are we actually reducing the carbon emissions. Yeah, no.

So major focus of this update is building electrification, which is the next major step towards achieving our climate goals shown in the infographic below.

that solar thermal that is functioning east and south will save the city $15,000 a year. Reduce carbon emissions by more than a hundred 25 tons

it does not contribute much to our to our greenhouse gas emissions

I mentioned the carbon footprint for the Rec centers. We measure our fleet and equipment electrification.

it's only with protected territory that will be able to stop climate change from happening and preserve our biome

Could there be a carbon reduction lens that we look at?

we should be thinking about holistically and systemically, about the climate implications of everything that we're doing

a comprehensive look across the regulations on how they might support a carbon reduction

it includes the 80% uh ghg reductions by 2030 on our electric and also delivering the clean energy by 2050

in December 2018 we announced our goal for an 80% emissions reduction by 2030

building electricity and gas usage still contributes the majority of Boulder's emissions

we are not on track to meet. Our climate and our transportation goals by 2035

I certainly think some of that is migration and some of that is climate migration and um and other issues and I think you know we're making needing to make investments

So if if we can do an electrification to target some of those building usages that can help cut that

So like globally food systems, emissions is around 25, some say up to like 42 greenhouse gas emissions.

instead of dragging trailers with horses in them up here that it's a big carbon footprint

the boulder District Court heard oral argument on a motion to dismiss in the sunore case which you might think of as the climate litigation

somebody with that climate expertise on the different teams that are currently exist

we have a vehicle miles traveled reduction goal it's related to a climate goal

council's policy state in position to speak specifically about reducing Statewide greenhouse gas emissions

launch the the second greenhouse gas uh I think it's called the road map road map 2.0

hugely important um clean energy plans that would require energy utilities to reach 100% carbon free

But my sense is there will be probably a more robust section on climate change and, some of the impacts of that

The community values around renewable energy and climate goals. For us to be able to contribute directly to that number

We're we're aware of community discussions around climate change and the fact that the magnitude of storms are getting larger and more frequent.

We're gonna be talking about how we talk about climate emissions reporting and alignment

all really in an effort to reduce carbon footprint, update commutes decrease traffic congestion, improve air quality

The city is trying to have more folks. Drive less for carbon footprint and climate change.

whether or not we meet the objectives of that plan and Boulder's assessment of trying to reach carbon neutrality.

even if they care about climate, it's like they're just trying to keep their business flow

reduce carbon, footprint, decrease traffic congestion, improve air quality

it impacts achieving our climate action targets and decarbonizing our building stock

I have two questions on I guess climate and energy strategy

we do have uh bonding capacity against the climate tax that was authorized uh by voters

and that's big savings. It's a savings of carbon footprint.

our inventories as we do them follow what's called the global protocol for community scale greenhouse gas emission inventories

We've been calculating our greenhouse gas inventory annually, and that just helps share our community submissions data each year.

This is our community Ghg, or greenhouse gas, emission stata, dashboard.

Emissions continue to be. You know, one of the biggest areas where we're seeing increases.

the greenhouse gas inventory that the climate initiatives department released

improving safety, and moving us closer to reaching our climate targets

that is reducing greenhouse gas emissions. And so I would ask you to take a close look

because there's a lot of embodied carbon in there

to talk about climate action and natural climate solutions specific to expanding on our urban canopy

natural climate solutions as an opportunity to fight, fight climate change

the climate team be a part of the core group um and if they're not a part of the core group um what is the way to ensure that there are synergies across um the climate work

it also uh speaks to The Climate initiatives uh strategies that we have with a sustainable future we want to provide a robust and high-performing Park

we might have drop the climate initiatives from the memo we did include climate initiative strategy in our key values in our RFP out to our Design Consultants

Boulder climate action has 18 full-time employees exactly what do we get for that

the climate initiatives uh Department received a total or is uh increasing a total of 1.4 million

this is a way for us to completely avoid those carbon impacts and emissions and bring bring this into a true circular building

in terms of use in terms of climate issues, sustainability, resilience, all of the environmental attributes

They have requirements codified within the partnership agreement to hit certain emission reductions year over year between 2020 and 2030.

and we support the city climate's goals uh this area will be part of

what really matters is the amount of greenhouse gas emissions reductions per dollar that are produced

how do we do our part to combat climate change

I would appreciate if the city would express its climate strategies in ordinary plan English

You know climate change is coming. These snow events are going to get larger, more frequent, and more severe.

there is really critical climate research that comes out of neon aviation and scientific aviation.

moving towards the city's goal of really that Net Zero um net zero emissions by 2035

really looking at moving the needle on embodied carbon not just operational carbon

the city's aiming to achieve carbon emission cuts of 70% by 2030

regarding sustainable building and a time of climate crisis. These issues really seriously need to be considered

I'm thinking about the fact that some of our city owned nonprofit operated venues are not ready for climate change

And we've talked a little bit about this with Westminster and a lot of the front range communities is, climate pollution reduction grants.

At the same time, I want it to be much overlap with, with the community for climate action

a renewal and expansion of the Mandate for electric vehicles it consist of 82% of sales

as part of our overall. you know, or overarching issue with client climate mitigation

they were all Guided by the boulder uh Valley comprehensive plan our transportation master plan and climate action plan as well

to me this seems like something that is going to continue getting worse as our climate gets more volatile in the coming decades

especially now as we know climate change climate chaos is upon us our people need resources

the community's climate action efforts learning more about Energy Efficiency and participating

the city of Boulder has declared a climate emergency and is committed to acting quickly in a way that is broad-reaching

helps avoid power plant emissions that can harm our health pollute our air and warm our climate

one of the more sort of theoretical conversations we're having is how does this really to climate change?

the comment we received about how we characterized climate change and how we're considering that we think we want

the climate change situation that that we're facing as well as potential curtailment of supplies

Sort of an adaptation, mitigation, climate change. But to have a pooling effect on community on the on the area

as we continue looking at a long-term Financial strategy for the fund the next is our dedicated climate tax

Energy Management which is a facilities program that focuses on the Strategic approach to the city's energy profile carbon emissions and renewable energy sources

this slide specifically focuses on the 1.5 million portion of the climate tax

improving things like air quality and reductions on in our on climate impact

reductions in vehicle. Miles traveled and then resulting greenhouse gas emissions

we're in a climate crisis. You look at intergovernmental panel on climate change

everything's important emissions as well as carbon capture so that can take place in terms of our state policies, our greenhouse gas roadmap.

Carbon emissions by 2030 they have to be at least 80 that they are going to release

And this is also a really important way to achieve our greenhouse gas objectives, and it's important for our transit

let me clarify that it's not only an all electric building, but some net 0 carbon building.

aiming to be Colorado's first net 0 carbon and all electric life sciences building.

improve our visual world and and and and make a dent in our climate goals, our transportation goals

that's for the ccrs and climate tax primarily so we are contemplating that we will be needing to or wanting to issue debt in the future

I look forward to seeing what you do with climate initiatives and to continue to work together thank you thanks so much

speaks to you know, energy, conservation and sustainability, and a number of environmental and climate related aspects

lighter resource usage in greenhouse gas emissions without putting a shovel on the ground

this is full-blown climate emergency this town is full

and can meet a lot of our transition and climate goals

Now, of course, telework we're a trip is not taken is is great for our greenhouse gas emissions and those things

and also with our climate goals as well

helping meet some of our climate goals like zero waste businesses

the second is climate change this one is fairly obvious but having less cars on the road leads to less CO2 emissions

We often site that addressing climate change is important to us.

But as climate change and extreme heat worsen, they're taking an urgent public health role.

we're also eager to be including strategies for climate ready Landscapes and flood resilient design

through infrastructure designed to help our community and natural disasters and to mitigate against climate change

So thinking about how my body carbon fits in to that, we asked

If you watches that discussion was really themed as a climate discussion

We're targeting a net 0, and by carbon selection for the materials.

our going to be things that don't wind up in the landfill or otherwise release carbon.

in 2,021, on road emissions accounted for 26% of Boulder's greenhouse gas emissions.

I recall in our water supply planning when we started to bring in the climate change science into the work

They really focused on how we're going to deal with climate change, maintenance and also community outreach.

thinking about folks who are really impacted by the climate crisis even here in our own Community

going to look at more uh of the carbon aspect and kind of carbon reduction

making our buildings more energy efficient as we look to move to Net Zero Energy as well as Net Zero carbon

one the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to achieve the city's scope 2 and scope 3 Net Zero carbon emission goals in the excellent new cool Boulder program

if you believe climate change is real it is a moral to densify Boulder without accounting for climate driven decreases in water

this would be about showing strategies for reducing greenhouse gas

to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions along the Front Range

we saw that hospitals with health care for a huge portion of our body carbon

buildings in and of themselves, account for about 39 of the greenhouse gas emissions that are out there

the city has a vision to reduce our carbon emissions by 70 by 2030 reach net. 0 carbon emissions by 2,035

The last piece here that I wanted to to really touch on that really brings everything. Full circle is just this idea of carbon reduction.

the city of Boulder has a carbon reduction emission or carbon emissions, reduction of 70. We're targeting by 2,030

It's not about traffic and minimizing greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles. It's not about how changing land use would change greenhouse gas emissions.

I would strongly encourage to look at geothermal heating and cooling

there are an increasing number of grant opportunities that help projects meet climate goals

as we consider investments in these buildings we do see a big potential to convert these systems to better align with our climate commitment goals

to evaluate the climate effects of any new project

vital carbon sequestration removes over ten thousand pounds of CO2 from our City's air

our field trip and our model building convinced us how important flood mitigation is to our community resilience to climate change

all the students in fourth grade have been studying climate Solutions and climate Justice

how are they going to perform in a future climate that is shifting.

our climate initiatives folks could expand on in terms of working with Community

hearing from what some folks in East County experienced in a climate crisis

increasing efforts to meet greenhouse gas goals, deadline supporting current council priorities

some examples of focus areas could be about communications or climate, and how the climate action plan

Other benefits of E bikes include reducing emissions and increasing personal savings.

sequestering CO2 and helping to lessen the effects of our warming climate

These are greenhouse gas inventories, tracking emissions, associated with products and services.

so if you drive an electric vehicle around town, the emissions associated with the driving really was produced outside.

And so this talks can be a little bit overview of our community greenhouse gas inventory which we've been doing for a while.

on the carbon dioxide emissions or greenhouse gas emissions side this is roughly equivalent to maybe a few vehicles

we're hearing the climate initiatives department so we often are here to talk about greenhouse gas emissions

If the city is truly serious about reducing traffic vehicle, Miles traveled and carbon emissions

I'm interested in pushing the department on issues of sustainability and environment work to climate change and transportation.

join the city's efforts to slow climate change and build a more resilient and Equitable community

our community has a legacy of adaptive leadership in taking a holistic approach to climate action

who are looking at now very directly through the land of climate and resilience.

our greenhouse gas emissions actually were 80 to 200% reduced in in our transportation for this

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and and improve safety through vision

we are building on the success of the right here right now global climate Summit

trying to reach climate goals while making free parking, sacrosanked in the city right away.

I mean, we need to give people options to live in and low carbon footprint neighborhoods.

building performance with significant carbon footprint reduction in embedded in use carbon

we want to be aware of climate change. Prepare for the future as much as possible

the focus on environmental and climate change initiatives

we really need to decrease our emissions from landfill and actually put our money where our mouth is on environmentalism

first because native plants often require little to no lawn maintenance there is substantially fewer emissions by Lawn Care Equipment

I'd like to voice my support for council's project aimed at addressing the emissions caused by Lawn Care Equipment

we're already using the emissions that go with that when it makes sense to optimize that as much as possible

air, quality and emissions and traffic disruptions around out the biggest 3

It's not just a climate action. I think it tends to unnecessarily use public resources

and we certainly want to reduce traffic delay, since that contributes to increased greenhouse gas emissions

we want to see our curbside management policies and practices as contributing to our community goals around transportation and and climate

first was to a that really looked to enhance and accelerate a lot of our investment and work around climate

making climate initiative expenditures out of that new climate tax fund

as far as our investment of our climate tax dollars and other sources of funding, really leveraging what's out there

so they're going to have higher emissions overall, including not just greenhouse gas emissions, but ozone farmers

climate impacts in terms of emissions. Health equity concerns, as well as our ecosystem stability

There's one and a half 1 million dollars of climate tax that is, that is available to to move this work forward.

there are a lot of climate benefits to having an urban canopy. We also are facing a pretty severe water shortage in the State of Colorado

as we're moving forward in a carbon constrained world, let's say, you know, the idea of 15 min neighborhoods really has real appeal

put forth exciting climate initiatives climate goals as well as a council res resolution

accelerating the work of the state's greenhouse gas roadmap starting to look at that

last November the climate tax passed and I think now we really have the opportunity

So I. I want to live in a pedestrian district where I can have a light carbon footprint.

We're exploring innovative sustainable strategies, including sensitivity t0 0ur carbon footprint, energy efficiency measures.

I don't feel like. The building at this point is is meeting the sustainable urban form Definitions in the Boulder Belly comp plan.

design to create a sense of community and address the natural environment and climate concerns

Xerxes is a partner in the cool Boulder campaign focusing on natural climate Solutions and collaborating on establishing

We're anticipating a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions due to increasing number of people who make trips closer to home

As usual, boulder is out ahead on climate, and our new East Boulder Subcommittee plan actually meets a lot of these requirements already

make a big difference in our region's. Greenhouse gas emissions, increasing residential density, increasing job density.

land use policies that reduce greenhouse gases and discourage unnecessary single occupancy Vehicles

pollution and carbon emissions impacting Beyond Municipal borders the Denver metro area is currently in severeign standards

but our goal is greenhouse gas production and the only way we can get there

Is there going to be an analysis of the climate change impact in terms of emissions in particular

We're called upon to do this by the melting glaciers and the crazy weather, the overheated planet.

it said reduce greenhouse gas emissions but there is not yet a project to reduce emissions from

we seem to soften our climate language and so I'm wondering why we went from reduced greenhouse gas emissions

it just requires that a building or an addition that's thirty thousand square feet or greater to either be Net Zero

to get involved in climate action themselves by creating a mini-sol bag

some of the science basics of climate change, and how it is impacting our community right now

how our community is facing multiple crises, and in the relating to climate change

Would that would, you know, meet a lot of our goals around climate and inclusion

eliminate the climate action plan tax in chapter 312 and then revise chapter 313

we're anticipating a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions due to increasing the number of people who make trips closer to home

so the region has some check in points on how we're doing on our greenhouse gas emissions.

Greenhouse gas emissions things like increasing residential density, increasing job density, having more mixed use, transit,

emissions related things that impact on our air quality and especially for those who are living really close to the airport

that relates back exactly back to greenhouse gas emissions so to have the benefits greenhouse gas benefits

we could eat possibly double or even triple the amount of greenhouse gas savings because of increased induced trips

the transportation master plan goal of Shifting trips away from motor vehicles and reducing greenhouse gas emissions

that are that are, you know, preserving our carbon footprint in Boulder

love the pre planning for the electrification for cars and bicycles and the accommodation of the sprinter vans

That electrification is that we have a cleaner energy source doesn't get cleaner than on site

The energy conservation or the greenhouse gas emissions reduction criterion has been greatly simplified

I would like to add those 2 environmental kind of climate action that we're starting to see with our upgraded carbon footprint requirements

ballot issue 2A can concerned the climate tax which was a Tabor action that measured past

that it has to comply with the greenhouse gas emissions

to create a greenhouse gas mission budget for every region.

having the affordable housing. having the climate mitigation. and from having the transit oriented development

possibly a Discussion about our Broader Departmental and Organizational Climate Action

I'm at stabilization Carbon, climate, you sure, yeah, climate, stabilization.

permitting a more climate, friendly type of development, which I know is a a big concern

This is about environmental stuff, that's what you were talking about.

the Climate factors will significantly change the quality of this plan

how is this Project respecting the land in the Climate

we're anticipating a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions due to increasing the number of people who make trips closer to home and work

the latest intergovernmental panel on climate change report lists increasing density as critical for saving the planet

2021 Senate Bill 21 260 established greenhouse gas reduction targets for state and Regional Transportation plans

We don't have facility specific goals around reducing vehicle Miles traveled. It is a citywide goal.

and since revenue impact is reasonable and directly supports the climate goals.

the recent claims of Boulder's carbon reduction tied the fact that most of that's due to excel's additional Renewables not Boulders separate actions

that's where you need to have your eye on the pie for carbon footprint right carbon footprint

in the face of changing climates and the need to sequester carbon

I don't know that it it's currently a priority for our climate initiatives

and so twenty-six thousand pounds of greenhouse gas savings

transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions that's the bottom line right we're trying to shift trips

Eab and other and a certain our climate initiatives department to, you know, Look at.

we've right taken ourself to the brink of climate emergency

I should think, about the city's climate goals, our equity goals, our transportation goals

and also the greenhouse gas savings. It's going to be need to factor those in as we move forward

The resulting greenhouse gas savings is approximately twenty-six thousand pounds, which is equivalent to about

replace motor vehicle trips to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

in addition to providing critical funding for Boulder's climate work we uh the uh measure

Boulder voters have approved two measures two a and 2B that will support climate action in the community

apart from the greenhouse gas savings and so again. Here's where?

ultimately stems up to reducing our overall greenhouse gas. Emissions so from a transportation perspective

transportation related greenhouse gas emissions. Now that is the overall goal for the cities shared by a mobility program

the numbers look amazing uh in terms of number of car riots reduced in the amount of carbon emissions that we'd be able to reduce

over the course of the year there was about twenty-six thousand pounds of greenhouse gas savings, and that's that's the equivalent

the boulder climate and action narrative will try to convince you otherwise why because that simple solution would end some of their jobs

the climate action ballot questions a pair of no's are a good answer I want carbon reduction fast and honestly documented

adding extra vehicle miles traveled or VMT to any trip which emits additional greenhouse gases

the broader full- encompassing climate, action, strategy of the city

Push the governor's office to consider caps and not just performance standards that may not lead to the resulting greenhouse gas reductions

There's 2. The first one is one that's title of climate change and community resilience.

so that we can make them as carbon neutral

And you know it's it's 2022, and we have a climate issue, and we need to think about these things

So when you're looking at the greenhouse gas emissions for the program. Are you accounting for the maintenance vehicles?

the approximate greenhouse gas savings metric tons. Eleven point eight. That's something.

reducing our traffic congestion and in greenhouse gas emissions, so we see micro mobility as a tool to accomplish a lot of those things

climate inaction has the logic wrong Boulder government has electrified their own buildings and helped rich people Electrify their homes

I'll take this reminder to vote Yes on 2A for our climate tax and also the County ballot measure

what are the barriers that are preventing or impeding your ability to get things done around your climate plan your greenhouse gas plan

try and meet some some lofty climate goals. And uh, we, we appreciate the time that the board

i'm concerned about climate change with cars sitting there idling for no reason

Ipcc tells us. Ipcc tells us that we have uh to get a compact development in order

exactly how much carbon is being reduced by hiring 18 or more people a simple cost benefit analysis will answer that

why on Earth would I oppose spending Millions on climate change I'm opposed because it isn't being spent wisely

same thing with new climate tax in addition to that we have an expiring 0.15 percent general fund sales tax

Parking for them is really important for opening up options for people who want to live that way, because we've declared a climate crisis, and

meeting last night and approving the greenhouse gas mitigation reduction plan

some of our climate work I know we've got a climate attacks but in some ways there isn't enough money

another maybe some of our additional climate action goals and programming associated with meeting our climate action goals

climate change is the cause of this but Boulder's climate action is more focused on growing a bureaucracy with little cost benefit analysis

the city is a leader in climate action adopting clean energy and energy efficient programs and we have pledged to reduce greenhouse gases

which helps avoid power plant emissions that can harm our health pollute our air and warm our climate

how we need to be much more aggressive to reach our greenhouse gas emissions we need an additional 40 reduction in the transportation sector

we talked about uh climate that's an up front of mind for you and thinking through how to work on the messaging on that

low stress connections that will contribute to mode shift and thereby reducing vehicle miles traveled in greenhouse gas emissions

the new climate tax would replace that tax and the utility occupation tax that is on the ballot in november

as well as certainly maybe something from the climate tax and so um i i just wanted to get some thoughts

with the climate tax being a way to sort of augment and or or enhance the work that's already being done

since climate change has exploded since then we should plan for even worse

as the climate crisis creates unpredictable conditions that development projects such as a third CU campus would worsen

to what extent do the greenhouse gas emission reduction criterion apply to larger buildings

we were trying to look at thresholds for what what typically becomes what people perceive as a large building

for greenhouse gas emissions that's so linked to something our community cares so much about

authorizing the city council to replace the existing utility occupation tax and climate action plan excise tax with a new climate tax

this is amendments to the climate tax that are recommended by staff after we looked at it more carefully

you know that recent climate tax poll that we did of uh voters right show that climate is a top issue

and also regarding your climate tax i don't support a climate tax while you support building

this is the climate tax slide that we talked about the um this imposes a new climate tax that is levied like

i think one of the commenters mentioned that it was sort of an arbitrary amount that we were putting in place for the climate tax

we could get some I think the climate, a new climate initiative at the city cabinet level

we do a service to the public, by making it clearer about what we are and are not doing with respect to align it with climate science

so those aren't represented in the cities climate work and those concepts are not represented in our transportation rtmp

including decarbonisation including climate resilience, including the need to move to structurally change our system

the carbon footprint of the recreation centers volunteerism all of these align with the key themes

sustainability and resilience will guide everything that we do so that our work both mitigates against and prepares for the impacts of climate change

this says nothing about the added greenhouse gases from increased traffic

the fleet's the fleets in the region are TD, as well as the city's hop fleets we're all looking and taking steps for electrification

I heard interest earlier in electrification I think that's that's obviously one topic we'd love to further discuss

which is increasing bmt and JC emissions in our commercial districts

Trying to make basically create a the entire block is net zero energy and deploying all the sorts of new technologies.

if you ask for more money for climate change in november and don't have precisely defined actions

IPCC says that compact development is a necessary condition pretty colonization and they'll

if I look at this from a climate action perspective

cu invests student money in oil and gas sealing their climate fate

i have lots to learn but i've learned how boulder a town i dearly love has managed to fail on climate change

the planet burns floods and dies while boulder fiddles with climate change i know you've heard me say that many times

electrification will also have a big role to play in greenhouse gas emission reduction everything from e-bikes to e-buses

will result in a 28 reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as compared to other scenarios that were modeled

to really turn that dial on greenhouse gas emissions and vmt reduction

it's called a global climate crisis and this limitation is ludicrous in its blindness

the planet burns floods and dies while boulder fiddles with climate change

priority objectives for things like reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector

if it was just the climate tax pledge and did not have that general fund support as a pledge

with respect to the climate action plan tax you talked about that on february 22nd of this year

replace the expiring climate action plan tax and utility occupation tax with a new five million dollar climate tax with debt authority

overall greenhouse gas emissions are going up right um just because there's more people right

per capita ghg or greenhouse gas emissions is 28 less than if current trends continued

one of the most important benefits of a well integrated land use and connections plan in east boulder is the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

let's have 15 minute neighborhoods let's have a carbon neutral city.

We have a climate crisis and our housing is related to the climate

these dangers and the ways that our climate is changing

given the urgency of taking actions to combat climate change

the planet burns floods and dies as boulder fiddles with climate change

this presentation is about boulder climate action continuing to ignore wind source and wrecks

i'm thinking about our climate goals and the fact

cities are critical for Climate Action i'm in part because urban areas, generate the majority of the missions

we have to reduce sorry climate pollution, as the people around 2025 and then rapidly decline

change how we use xyz block xyz something in front of your business to better achieve our greenhouse gas goals

to do things to decrease um the climate emissions the carbon emissions uh from many of those buildings

I want to encourage you to do everything in your power to make sure that we move away from coal and gas as soon as possible

given the evidence that retiring PBA 3 before 20130 will reduce both emissions and costs

my request is that the city report quarterly how much estimated greenhouse gas reduction has been accomplished by each of the projects

coal plants emit usually one to five million tons of carbon dioxide a year

i do a lot of work on climate change so i wanted to bring the council a little bit of an update

we see a lot of value, just like I mentioned earlier in the greenhouse gas and bmt reduction

I think i've got a little bit of a philosophical disagreement with staff on the bmt in greenhouse gas reductions

there's a lot of references over 40 references to climate here

that will reduce climate emissions and it'll save colorado one's money under energy bills

is the critical flaw of the climate tax for residential users

my previous presentations prove that the utility occupation tax is a carbon tax

they're gonna be moving into like net zero homes i think that's significant

the planet burns floods and dies while boulder fiddles with climate change

this presentation is about using the boulder occupation tax a carbon tax in an equitable way

we are the terrorists for not addressing climate change which is what caused the fire along with the coal mines

the planet burns floods and dies while boulder fiddles with climate change rex can help us achieve what we want

this presentation is about using the boulder occupation tax a carbon tax in an equitable way

combining solar incentives with wind incentives we could get to 100% Renewables either today or very soon

occupation tax a carbon tax in an equitable way my previous presentations prove that it is a carbon tax

rle making happening at the state level around um greenhouse gases

resilience and climate justice efforts in partnership with many of our local equity partners

under the environmentally sustainable category we know that all our departments are working hard to address climate change throughout their work

to put it bluntly we obviously did not avert the climate crisis and so now we need to ensure

so the state greenhouse gas rule has been adopted by the transportation commission

item 10 state greenhouse gas uh ghd update again another kind of

developing a vmt you know a specific plan and to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions

also thinking just about the potential reductions and emissions and things like that that add to the collective safety

when you think about climate really driving so much of what we do and transit being such a fundamental part

really be true to sort of reducing greenhouse gases, improving air quality and really trying to strike a greater balance

have every home and Business in Boulder with 100% Renewables today

so the net cost to be 100% Renewables is $24 for the whole year slide three

this presentation is about using the boulder occupation tax a carbon tax in an equitable way

Boulder collected $88.2 million in carbon taxes and more than half of that was never used for real carbon reduction

that's a percentage of your total energy bill it is a carbon tax

And our climate goals our climate crisis and give it to Community vitality

cut down on carbon emissions to me every little drop matters

compact energy efficient housing near jobs creates opportunities for people to live with low carbon Footprints

I don't think that I'm alone here in uh panicking about the climate crisis uh I would really like to stop having Smoke Filled Summers

forecasting what those changes to vehicle miles traveled and therefore greenhouse gas emissions could be

they've really challenged us to make a more explicit link between our climate commitment

carbon tax should be used for carbon reduction but that's not what it's primarily used for

the first two advisory panel priorities were number one 100% Renewables and number two building electrification

we ask you to look at the uh climate change negative climate change impacts right here right now in Boulder

has used her voice to amplify issues of racial equity affordable housing climate action and strategic planning

on issues ranging from homelessness and affordable housing to municipalization and climate crisis resiliency

the boards of the colorado solar energy institu solar energy industries association and

so one says no i'd rather say let's talk about climate let's have it let's do the grand

success looks like reducing bmt reducing greenhouse gases, improving safety to get people out of their cars

tonight's resolution is part of a sequence of conversations uh that we are having on our local climate action

reducing emissions 70% by 2030 against to 2018 Baseline second becoming a net zero City by 2035

climate change is a crisis it places a disproportionate burth burden on our most vulnerable population

achieve the same result boulder currently collects about seven million dollars a year in carbon taxes

climate change is an existential threat yet not one public meeting of the excel partnership advisory panel has occurred

second climate change has already changed our world but there's a lot worse things to come

going through a rulemaking process currently about greenhouse gases

boulder currently collects about seven million dollars a year in carbon taxes four million dollars of those carbon taxes would make all of boulder's electricity carbon free today

climate change is an existential threat yet not one public meeting of the excel partnership advisory panel has occurred

that's not a climate change solution that's a climate change disaster

our net zero standards at that time which will be stricter than they are now

the simplest ways to accelerate engaging boulder citizens and carbon reduction are solar incentives wind incentives a renewable energy certificate broker

respect to climate change and engaging boulder citizens in what some of you have correctly defined as an existential threat

our world is in a climate emergency transportation is the leading source of CO2 emissions in Colorado

not only carbon dioxide which is a greenhouse gas emission but also carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons

the Big Goal that the campus has is full carbon neutrality by 2050

what can we do from a regulatory standpoint to reduce ghd emissions

back in 2019 and we passed house bill 1261 to reduce greenhouse gas pollution

proposing a new standard to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector

the governor's road map for production of greenhouse gases need to reduce their emissions by 4.7 metric million tons

there's going to be greenhouse gas emission regulations that are imposed on the oil and gas sector

i'm extraordinarily skeptical of direct air capture as being scalable enough

not only is net zero feasible on the site, but it will be cost effective to accomplish

to make sure that we're we're really focused on our key uh community goals including climate action

one of those additionally is climate and climate action so i was just curious what kind of thinking might have gone into

i think that building electrification is a hard nut to crack

reducing our greenhouse gas emissions bringing us closer to meeting our Master transportation plan goals

transportation is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States today

dramatically cutting emissions of greenhouse gases like CO2 as soon as possible is necessary to avoid the worst consequences of climate change

we can greatly reduce our carbon emissions and we can greatly reduce our unfilled unfunded liability portfolio-wide

in order to meet these climate goals but if we do take these measures

concluded that 75 of our emissions come from 25 of our portfolio

Essentially. it's not going down enough for us to reach our goals by 2030.

There are a variety of ways that we can measure GHz emissions with each of each with different assumptions different methodologies.

According to the greenhouse gas inventory for the city approximately 29% of all ghd emissions stem from transportation related activities

a lot of the discussion about climate goals and how we can address our climate goals

one of the things that we could do cap capital expense wise um to addre to meet our climate goals

we have an overall lens of resilience and focus on our climate with the climate emergency

are moving to a net zero policy Boulder moves forward on developments offering bare minimal affordable housing

transportation system resilience progress towards climate goals safe and prepared Boulder

the SE Del in 2013 found that producing a coat with fur produces five times more greenhouse gases than any other fabric

passing 12 climate-related bills in the legislature installing various renewable energy infrastructure projects

these last two priorities here are related to environmental sustainability particularly climate and energy

reduce their carbon emissions relative to single-family homes

boulder's ambitious climate goals require a broad effort as it relates to city capital

we do have a special climate category but these certainly include retrofitting to our climate

complex problem because you can address the travel habits with parking pricing and maybe not really impact the carbon emissions piece

the leaders of the current effort are the same people who spent 60 to 100% of their time on the mun instead of actual carbon reduction

some on city council rightfully call existential climate change the headline in the Sunday camera was City to adjust climate approach

principal legal adviser to the city's climate municipalization effort that spanned 10 years

given boulder's responsibility and capacity to act we're proposing to get to net zero emissions by 2035

for a likely 66 chance of staying within this carbon budget the global community must get to net zero

it was the report on how we were doing from the paris accords that were passed in 2015

my goal is to accelerate carbon reduction in order to mitigate the imminent and current destruction caused by climate change

and they will be driving in if they do get a job in boulder and that increases our climate change

our accounting systems for greenhouse gases really are biased towards looking at energy systems

the energy systems are still a very important driving factor of climate change

the stated goal in that document is for an 80 reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 for the city

left with exactly what I tried to push since 2014 solar incentives wind incentives renewable energy certificates and energy use reduction

regarding Boulder's slow progress rather than rapid carbon reduction the community effort sucked up 10 years

also very much so uh greenhouse gas reduction both through

provide ideas on how the city can combat climate change and these breakout sessions focused on

the climate change youth Summit um I really enjoyed this produ project

it's not climate smart either as it would bring 7 000 more cars daily to south boulder roadways

there's a relatively large concern when we talk about trying to mitigate our greenhouse gas impact to to the city and the planet

there's basically three broad areas of climate action that we should be taking

should we come out with a new climate action goal of Net Zero by 2035

everything up to that point had been framed in the context of emissions reduction

it has sparked the conversation we hope to carry forward um once that ruling comes out that Carl mentioned from the air quality uh Control Commission about um greenhouse gas emissions

having greenhouse gas emissions be one of the significant factors is is going to be a major change secondly I want to talk about energy

it has to do with climate action um in terms of things that have happened that Council would be interested to know

have shown that what's needed to avoid the catastrophic climate change conserve species secure essential

So it's certainly address like I said, our. Major greenhouse gas emissions

often stumble over what net zero really means what is being measured what was actually accomplished

we frequently have talked about the role buildings play in emissions, both in terms of our electricity consumption

this presentation provides a path to fast carbon reduction using solar next slide rooftop solar may not be the absolute cheapest path

Red Cross has clearly stated that the devastation of climate change far exceeds the devastation of Co

any one of these Alternatives could have us at 100% Renewables today it'll be a mix of solutions that get us to our goals fast

it's really to advance our goals around our greenhouse gas emissions reduction

council has also endorsed a package of relatively ambitious energy targets including an aggressive 100 renewable electricity target by 2030

electricity generation and energy more broadly has consistently represented the majority of boulder's emissions and that really makes it a key target for our climate action

a need for a city manager with strong climate abilities climate remediation abilities and motivation

so it'll determine so many things about how we move forward on climate

given that we're in a climate emergency we must give a high priority to hiring a city manager who not only prioritizes environmental action

the climate action plan tax or the cap tax is expiring in march of 23

one of the things that you'll see in the new climate action draft that we're developing is that we're saying climate action now

climate change initiatives that the fully address our climate change initiatives to ensure quality of life

related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and responding to climate change

so much you know carbon dioxide was emitted in the creation of this

bring the site near or to net zero

WORK WE'RE DOING O ON SEAMAP AND WE CANAN HEAEAR ABOUT I IT T THIS YEAR THAT WOULD B BEE GREAT FOR ME

ELECTRIFICATIONN HASAS HISIS BEN PART OFF OURUR ONGOINGNG WORORKH ININ TERMSMS O OF CLIMATE INITIS

the work that we've been doing around carbon sequestration both on agricultural lands and open space lands

moving forward with any policies that support electrification including you know trying to move towards net zero

the model all the modeling i've seen to meet our climate goals shows we need to electrify everything we can

saving more than 23,000 tons of carbon which represents a 43% reduction in carbon emissions compared to that of new construction

slowly evolving carbon reduction is likely worthless or too little too late we need to move fast and quit fiddling

tackling emissions one building at a time is not scalable and here's why

instead of pursuing real carbon reduction we need to find real experts at solar incentives wind incentives renewable energy

it's essential that we lose the unnecessary staff and find real experts at achieving fast carbon reduction

assists the surrounding landscape absorb the shocks and stressors of a changing climate

how do we address ongoing you know climate change and some of the more extreme weather events

and make us a substantive contribution to our overall climate objectives

Now say the utility has to achieve in terms of decarbonisation which by the way their

reminding them that the way we produce electricity is that by far the number one contributor to our greenhouse gas emissions

Denver has similar emissions and renewable energy goals to Boulder

it's reducing um carbon emissions as and part of that is taking carbon dioxide out of the air

for an 80% solution cutting carbon emissions by 80% doesn't solve anything

Who's actually whose carbon footprint is bigger, you know.

emission goals that um that the that the uh the governor's blueprint um greenhouse gas um plan has identified

the fourth item is requiring State and Regional Transportation plans to demonstrate that they are reducing greenhouse gas emissions

to really reduce the fugitive methane and and greenhouse gas emissions that are tied to that

I will not get solar until we Municipal eyes and that will be 2024 or 2025 depending on if EXL meets their emissions standards

so that would mean an 86% reduction in carbon since a single bulb typically sells for less than $2

wasting resources that should be applied to direct carbon reduction then we're just making the same mistake over again

one of the things that's clearly changing in climate action broadly is that

the amount of CO2 that moves through it on an annual basis is really big compared to the total human output

So this is a bit of a shift in the paradigm from carbons, a problem. We just need to get it out of the atmosphere

encourages travel behavior change to meet the city's transportation and climate goals

the bad news is that the US greenhouse gas emissions are still over 5.7 billion metric tons per year

we are experiencing an increasingly alarming climate emergency terrible wildfires around us

money and reducing our carbon footprint maybe now we'll replace all our own street lights with LEDs

whether real carbon reduction rather than a shadow mun is what occurs

clean energy is a foundation for reaching our climate goals this is no time for an 80% solution

to advocate to rtd for the electrification of buses in boulder um to reduce air pollution

since transportation is one of our very largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and our electricity supply is getting greener all the time

boulder claims to care about climate change we even have a climate action plan and yet our housing policy creates sprawl

our greenhouse gas impact but the only the only thing i would just say again is what will move the entire system

maybe half of our co2 emissions is related to our electricity but we're electrifying transportation at a very rapid speed

because essentially what the franchise agreement does is guarantee that excel will reduce their greenhouse gas emissions relative to 2005

that's how we can get at that that climate commitment um and really tie

um elements that would um Point towards um carbon sequestration or the efficacy of the efforts

explanations of Boulder's commitment to responding to climate change fostering renewable energy and healthy ecosystems

vehicle emissions sort of um you're breathing it in as you walk

THE END GOAL TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS AS QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE

ALL EMISSIONS INCLUDING FUGITIVE METHANE ARE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED EMISSION TARGETS

THE AGREEMENT PROPOSES USING THE CLIMATE REGISTRY TO TRACK MEASURE AND VERIFY PROGRESS.

Excel is currently emitting at the rate of around 19 or 20 million tons of CO2 per year

appropriately Boulder has declared a climate emergency we see the smoke global warming is here right now

we're in a global climate crisis we need every piece of land we can get to be used for carbon farming

ability to participate in the climate mobilization action plan that plan has as one of its major focuses ecosystems

the work that they do in the climate initiatives group through the cap tax is very important

three of those are based on uh whether or not excel meets certain karma carbon emission standards

reductions and carbon emissions by 2030 but the state's recently adopted clean energy plan already mandates this

reduce the carbon impact of the city's electrical supply there would be a partnership team led by the leadership

the carbon emissions would be measured by an independent third party

is compelled by state law and by their own programs to reduce carbon their carbon emission 80% from 2005 Levels by 2030

the culmination of all of our work was the release of a National Climate road map that provides some very ambitious goals for us to achieve

the principal uh reason or rather the matter that I wanted to talk to you all about was climate change and the work that we're doing in the Congress

the key elements the carbon goals distribution system planning to help Implement those goals

one of the recommendations in that report would be a clean energy standard to achieve net zero emissions by 2040

we need to end the muni and let real carbon reduction begin now not five years from now

reducing the transportation emissions that by sector are the country's largest contribution to climate change

First, it's important that the city understands how XL will achieve the state mandated carbon reduction goals

let real carbon reduction begin now not five years from now

the first three for climate initiatives Community vitality and Facilities

the implication of that is so false we've had a 26% per capita reduction uction in carbon so far

promote our climate mobilization action plan equity and resilience goals the climate targets we've set as a community

in march of 23 the the climate action tax

coming back to this idea of the the climate emergency as we continue to try to solve the climate challenge in front of us

we all know that the city of Boulder has recognized that we are in a climate emergency

so I hope that we can avoid worsening the climate Injustice that already plagues this world

BEEN PLANNING FOR FUTURE GRID THAT SERVES OUR ENERGY FUTURE NEEDS CHECKING ON THE CARBON EMISSION

BEING ABLE TO REDUCE THEIR EMISSIONS BY EIGHTY PERCENT BY TWENTY THIRD

ALSO SUPPORTS AN AIA TWENTY THIRTY COMMITMENT FOR BEING A CARBON NEUTRAL IN ALL THEIR PROJECTS

IN THE MUNI REAL CARBON REDUCTION BEGIN NOW NOT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW

let real carbon reduction begin now not five years from now

our option to use the existing money to reduce climate change now not five years from now

BUT MOST PEOPLE WHO CAN STILL AFFORD TO DEVELOP AT THIS POINT ARE REALLY INTERESTED INTO THE NET ZERO BUILDINGS

AM ALSO LOOKING AT NET ZERO BUILDING SO THE FIRST THREE ARE REALLY SOMEWHAT INTERRELATED

how fast we can reduce carbon with plan b or how insane the cost for plan a

he is really just all about how do we reduce carbon emissions in the transportation sector as fast as we can

I WOULDN'T SHY AWAY FROM IDEAS AT THIS POINT IN HER SPOT FOR THE CARBON CRISIS

our greenhouse gas emissions about half of them come from electricity that's why we talk so much about electricity

let real carbon reduction begin now not 5 years from now

it will also reduce the amount of daily traffic coming into a town offset the carbon footprint

to kind of armor the city against the uncertainties of climate change

so what other things could be done to help mitigate for climate change

I would like to pursue um analyzing that 8% additional for um climate mitigation

as a path toward cleaner renewable energy sources for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions

boulders AG water portfolio is an incredibly valuable asset in the fight against climate change

I support the many measures the city has been taking to lower emissions for from our electricity use

that's climate change and boulder uh city and everybody in boulder wants to reduce our carbon footprint in this town

our community does not argue about climate change more and more evidence shows that regenerative agriculture techniques

I'm here today today to suggest that we as a community focus on climate change and the ecological damage taking place

soil microbes can't multiply and sequester carbon their numbers drop

I'm not only from our greenhouse gas emissions standpoint assuming that the e-bikes last longer than the East scooters do

had paid close attention to things like emergency room visits crashes and the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions

they are resulting a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions and you can see there

THE IMPORTANCE OF EMBODIED CARBON RELATIVE TO THE BUILDING CODES IS ILLUSTRATED IN ROUGHLY

IS THAT EFFECTIVELY BAR THEM FROM INSTALLING A GAS HEATED

our climate commitment goals are not well met by currently allowing so much demolition

its transportation air quality energy emissions that's a B is land-use impacts around GHG emissions

reducing atmospheric carbon through active sequestration efforts on agricultural crop lands

reduces the city's environmental impact so the foundational idea of this proposed change ultimately aligns with Boulder's economic social and environmental goals

who want to live a lower carbon life in a smaller more efficient and more affordable home

a climate mobilization action plan and this is in recognition of the fact that we really need

about half of our greenhouse gas emissions come from electricity so I focus a lot on electricity because I am passionate about this defining issue of our times

they talked about the goals that we had in the climate commitment all being really good goals in terms of carbon emissions

emissions across the entire economy so not just electricity but also transportation industrial loads heating things like that

what that clean energy plan must contain is a plan to reduce emissions 80% by 2030

the existing city of Boulder occupation tax be repurposed for solar incentives wind incentives a city of Boulder administ renewable energy certificates

emissions uh as part of this and reduction in light pollution that we can talk about

there's also a lot of Environmental impact to this uh particularly reduced uh greenhouse gas

we have 10 years to make serious progress on reducing Global carbon emissions

promoting a greater understanding of the Nexus between pesticide use and climate change mitigation and adaptation

we had the adoption of the low emission vehicle standard and a few months later we had an adoption of the zero emission

adopting the Kyoto Protocol's regarding curbing greenhouse gas emissions supporting the municipal ization of boulders electricity supply

strong environmental policies whose goals are to reduce our carbon emissions and other environmental impacts on the earth

the climate mobilization action plan is off to a really great start there were hundreds of people

IN TERMS OF GREENHOUSE REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

THE FIRST OUTCOME WOULD BE IMMEDIATE AND RAPID CARBON REDUCTION

AS ALWAYS HALF OF OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COME FROM OUR ELECTRICITY

carbon offsets are really you're buying the reduction of an emission a rec is you're flying into a renewable energy credit

given that carbon free electricity generating technologies are now cheaper than coal

the city's most recent greenhouse gas inventory for 2018 indicated that the city had achieved an 18% reduction in greenhouse emissions

GOOD SUSTAINABLE LAND USE AND OUR FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE

THE STRATEGY OUTLINES OF A ROBUST STRATEGY TO BE ABLE TO METER MODE SHARE IN CLIMATE GOALS

IMPLEMENTING THE RENEWED VISION FOR TRANSIT AS REFINED THROUGH THE TRANSIT SERVICE DELIVERY STUDY AND REDUCING AIR POLLUTION INCREASED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS

THIS FUNDING IS CRITICAL TO MEET THE COMMUNITY'S VISION FOR TRANSPORTATION TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE

TRACKING CHANGES IN VEHICLE MILES OF TRAVEL IN GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND MODAL SHIFT

that's the fee we charge to marijuana cultivation businesses that are unable to offset their electricity through on-site solar

the next focus area is resilience and climate commitment major goals include achieving energy system resilience improving community capacity

HALF THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS COME FROM OUR ELECTRICITY OUR ELECTRICITY BEING SUPPLIED BY EXCEL

A WAY OF LIFE THAT MIGHT HELP US SURVIVE IN THE FACE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

THE NEED TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS FROM

Boulder just declared a climate emergency climate change effects on Water Resources studies confirm high carbon costs

how our facilities will meet these climate commitment goals that really without looking at consolidation

we have a climate goal right climate commitment and this would be a huge step forward

that does not remove cars it does not remove emissions until they are a hundred percent renewable source vehicles

the next focus area is resilience and climate commitment so city wide we're trying to achieve energy system resilience

WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A TOP PRIORITY FOR CITY WHO RECENTLY HAD A STUDY SESSION ABOUT UP HERE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN

COULD HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO DIRECT CARBON REDUCTION

EMPHASIZED THE URGENCY FOR SYSTEMIC AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO CARBON REDUCTION AND SEEK RESTORATION

THE COUNCIL RECENTLY HAD A CLIMATE STUDY SESSION WHERE STAFF EXPLAINED THAT WE CAN NO LONGER JUST LOOK AT REDUCTION OF CARBON EMISSIONS

decarbonizing our electricity supply is still our number one priority

puts into statute strong short and long term goals for cutting climate pollution

there's only so much more carbon that we can release if we want to stay within a threshold of safety

we did meet our 2020 goals three years early i want to thank you for that

based on some of the information we're seeing from the climate action and the climate reports

and what the impacts on the carbon decarbonization would be and reliability and we paid for

we also wanted to help us address climate change so in some ways that means to enhance its natural role

the global warming that we say we're experiencing and that we realized that we have to find new innovative ways

sequester carbon and protect ecosystem function so again this is sort of the purview

this is how grazing animals keep grass healthy and sequestering carbon

convert the carbon tax to real carbon reduction not the vapor muni

then we have a huge carbon cost of all of these buildings that are going to fall down within 100 years

with the climate change and with the change in consumption we have got to quit consuming so much

section 4 energy climate waste policies such as energy efficient land use and building design

we are in a climate crisis we have transportation issues we have greenhouse gases

there's actually already a cap for Net Zero houses over five thousand square feet

we have a Carbon Farming project to get carbon out of the atmosphere and into the soils being led by eco cycle

we've separated our our GNP which is going up dramatically the orange line from our greenhouse gas emissions which are going down significantly

some of our transportation master plan goals we are far behind on our goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector

I GUESS THE ONE THING I WOULD ALSO ADD THOUGH BECAUSE WE TALKED ABOUT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS WERE SEEN A LOT OF EYE HEALTH ISSUES

IF WE DON'T START TALKING ABOUT THAT JUST LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TAIL PIPE EMISSIONS FROM CARS

SO THE GOOD NEWS TO START OUT WITH IS THAT OUR EXISTING CLIMATE ACTION PLAN TAX.

AROUND THE DISCUSSION OF HOW WE MIGHT NEED TO ACCELERATE OUR CLIMATE ACTION PLAN BECAUSE OF THE NEW SCIENCE AROUND CLIMATE CHANGE

WE BOTH KNOW THAT SOIL CARBON SCI QUEST RATION IS ONE OF THE FEW HOPEFUL STRATEGIES FOR FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE