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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPresentation - #33H ALL Resolution Declaring a Climate Emergency SANTA ANA M Resolution Declaring a Climate Resolution Slide 2 City Manager's Office September 7, 2021 • At the request of members of the City Council, staff has shared a resolution declaring a climate emergency, committing to policies opposing fossil fuel expansion and accelerating the clean energy transition as part of the Safe Cities Movement, committing to policies that will reduce both new and existing lead contamination, and endorsing the call for a global fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty. • This resolution originated as a cou nci l mem ber- req uested item from Councilmember Lopez, with assistance from Councilmember Phan. Resolution Declaring a Climate Resolution Slide 3 City Manager's Office September 7, 2021 M Resolution Declaring a Climate Resolution Slide 4 City Manager's Office September 7, 2021 • Declares a global climate emergency • Endorses the call for a global fossil fuel non- proliferation treaty and urges the State of California and the U.S. government to support it too • Commits to investigating and implementing policies to limit or prevent fossil fuel expansion Resolution Declaring a Climate Resolution Slide 5 City Manager's Office September 7, 2021 • Declares intent to investigate and implement policies to limit or prevent exposure to lead and other environmental toxins • Supports land use that will accommodate more park space that would mitigate pollution • Declares intent to investigate and implement policies promoting decarbonization and electrification of buildings and transportation, and other development to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and achieve maximum energy efficiency, water efficiency, and safety Resolution Declaring a Climate Resolution Slide 6 City Manager's Office September 7, 2021 • Seeks to achieve 100% of electricity power supply through clean, renewable, and zero carbon emission energy sources before the year 2045 • Declares intent to investigate the feasibility of building microgrids to ensure safe and reliable access to electricity • Declares intent to continue to investigate Community Choice Aggregation as a means to meet the City's 100% clean, renewable zero -emission equitable electricity goals by 2045 Resolution Declaring a Climate Resolution Slide 7 City Manager's Office September 7, 2021 • Declares intent to explore how to achieve a just transition to a clean energy economy to spur clean energy investment, decarbonize the local economy, benefit local ecosystems, access to nature, boost biodiversity, end poverty, and tackle systemic injustices • Declares support for the rights of workers to organize, unionize, and collectively bargain / A Id, Resolution Declaring a Climate Resolution Slide 8 City Manager's Office September 7, 2021 • Declares intent to work with the labor and business communities, as well as the state and federal government, to investigate how to achieve a just climate transition and zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 • Commits to updating the 2015 Climate Action Plan by the end of 2023 to maximize the City's public and private contributions to reaching zero emissions as soon and as socially equitable and possible • Commits to aggressively pursuing state and federal funding relating to climate resilience Resolution Declaring a Climate Resolution Slide 9 City Manager's Office September 7, 2021 • Declares intent to determine the appropriate advisory body to advise the City Council on this resolution • Declares intent to make findings of the advisory body publicly available • Declares intent to share this resolution with federal, state, regional, county, city, tribal and other relevant agencies and request their support Resolution Declaring a Climate Resolution Slide 10 City Manager's Office September 7, 2021 M Resolution Declaring a Climate Resolution Slide 11 City Manager's Office September 7, 2021