Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 1 San Francisco’s Climate Protection Strategy Johanna Partin Director of Climate Protection Initiatives Office of Mayor Gavin Newsom

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 2 San Francisco’s Climate Goals in Context San Francisco Climate Action Plan (2004): 20% reduction in carbon emissions below 1990 levels by 2012 Kyoto Protocol (1997): 7% reduction in carbon emissions below 1990 levels by 2012 AB 32 (2007): 20% reduction in emissions below 1990 levels by 2020 Governor’s Executive Order S-3-05: 80% reduction below 1990 levels by 2050

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 3 San Francisco’s Progress on our Communitywide Carbon Inventory

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 4 San Francisco’s Carbon Footprint

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 5 Projected Sea Level Rise in San Francisco Bay

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 6 Climate Action Goal: Reduce CO 2 to 20% below 1990 levels by 2012 First in nation to certify CO 2 emissions through 3 rd party (CA Climate Registry) Citywide Climate Action Plan Departmental Climate Action Plans SF Carbon Fund Exploring Carbon Tax Currently 7% below 1990 levels

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 7 Climate Strategy Basics: What our climate footprint tells us Encourage people out of their cars and into other forms of transportation (public transit, biking, walking) Orient new growth near transit and jobs Incentivize use of less polluting cars Use less energy Replace fossil-fueled energy consumption with renewables Send less to landfill Build greener buildings Plant more trees

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Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 9 Clean Transportation Goal: Carbon neutral transportation system by % Auto, 18% Transit, 6% Bike, 18% Walk –Public transit = only 1% of total communitywide emissions –Improving MUNI through the Transit Effectiveness Project and new transit developments (i.e. Central Subway) –Promoting commuting alternatives through incentives and mandates –Expanding the City’s bicycle network and programs –Completing and implementing City’s Pedestrian Master Plan –Congestion Pricing parking meters –“Greening” cars (taxis, rental cars, city fleet) –Using biodiesel and alternative fuels –Bay Area EV Corridor

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom % of public transit is electric or B20 biodiesel Largest municipal electric fleet in country Largest municipal biodiesel (B20) fleet in country 43% increase in biking since 2007

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 11 Existing Bike Path NetworkPlanned Bike Path Network

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 12 Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Goal: Reduce 400,000 tons CO 2 /year through EE & 50 MW in-city renewables by 2012 Energy Efficiency: Municipal energy efficiency Energy Watch program (commercial, multi-tenant buildings) Resilient Homes (single family homes & 2-4 unit buildings) Zero Energy Homes Renewable Energy: Municipal hydro, solar, methane GoSolar SF Emerging technologies (ocean power, urban wind, co-gen) San Francisco Sustainable Financing (SF 2 ) program

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 13 Municipal electricity is carbon neutral 8.5 MW solar PV (+ 5 MW Sunset project) 3 MW methane Launching SWH & urban wind programs

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Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 17 Zero Waste Goal: 75% diversion by 2010 Curbside recycling/ composting Banned plastic bags in supermarkets & drugstores Banned styrofoam Banned bottled water in City departments Mandatory recycling & composting (effective 10/21/09) 72% diversion rate

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 18 Green Building Toughest green building standards in the country LEED Silver required for municipal buildings and commercial new construction and large retrofits Mandatory recycling of construction debris

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 19 Urban Forest Goal: Plant & maintain 25,000 new trees by 2012 Met goal in ,000 trees (12% canopy) offsetting 2,500,000 pounds CO 2 annually

Office of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom 20 Thank You! Johanna Partin +1 (415)