Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Plan (CMAP) Port of San Diego Maritime Business and Technology Summit November 29, 2011 Michelle White Port of San Diego

2 Port of San Diego Background

3 Port Tidelands

4 Goals of the Port’s Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Plan  Greenhouse Gas Mitigation – Provide a tool for streamlining GHG evaluation for future CEQA processes – Achieve GHG reductions on Port tidelands  Climate Change Adaptation – Identify strategies to adapt to the impacts of climate change (i.e., sea level rise)

5 GHG Emission Mitigation Component 1.Baseline & Future Emission Inventories 2.Review & Categorize Mitigation Measures 3.Set Goals 4.Specify Mitigation Measures to Achieve Goals 5.Tracking Methods

6 Port vs. County Comparison Port of San Diego County of San Diego

7 GHG Mitigation: Goal Setting

8 Climate Adaptation Component 1.Conduct Vulnerability Assessment 2.Prioritize Actions 3.Identify Implementation Strategies 4.Implement Strategies 5.Monitor Progress and Evaluate Plan

9 Climate Adaptation for a Port: Considerations  Climate adaptation planning is a new concept – New paradigm that manages risks related to climate change  Different approach than typical planning process – Departure from relying solely on historical info – Emphasis on future planning and risk management  Long planning horizon – 50yr and 100yr  No “low-hanging fruit” for adaptation (unlike GHG)  Requires multi-jurisdictional coordination

10 Key Vulnerabilities  Quantitative sea-level rise (SLR) impacts – Land Use (Port and tenant activities) – Stormwater infrastructure – Natural Resources – Other (e.g. goods movement, safety, etc.)  Qualitative Summary of Vulnerabilities – Temperature Increases – Other Impacts oPeak energy demand reduction oWater conservation oIncreased erosion

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12 San Diego National City Chula Vista Imperial Beach Coronado S a n D i e g o B a y P a c i f i c O c e a n

13 San Diego National City Chula Vista Imperial Beach Coronado S a n D i e g o B a y P a c i f i c O c e a n

14 Next Steps  Adaptation Options – Identification of adaptation types – Ranking adaptation options based on applicability (e.g. soft, hard, retreat, etc.)  Finalize prioritization of actions using risk metric – Risk defined as a product of likelihood and consequence – Evaluated under Working Port, Safe Port, Green Port, and Public Port functions  Describe implementation strategies

THANK YOU Michelle White, Port of San Diego (619) |