Climate Action Program

Ross Clark, Climate Change Action Coordinator
809 Center Street, Room 107
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone: 831-420-5113
Fax: 831-420-5101
email

The City of Santa Cruz’s Climate Action Program was established in 2007 to create and implement a comprehensive plan to meet the City’s community-wide greenhouse gas reduction goals. Please explore our web pages to find out what we are doing and how you can join us in our efforts! 

• Climate Action Plan
• California First

The community of Santa Cruz has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 8% below 1996 levels with residential homes leading the way with a 29% reduction.  The City of Santa Cruz Climate Action Program is currently drafting a Climate Action Plan that will guide the community toward the adopted reduction goal of 30% by 2020, compared to 1996 levels.

Santa Cruz Coastal Research Facility - The City Climate Action Program and UCSC are investigating opportunities to develop a “Coastal Energy Research Facility (CERF)” located on the Municipal Wharf. The research facility would focus on mechanisms to scale up coastal energy generation to a capacity sufficient to provide significant power for municipal uses (50kW to 1MW). The Current website provides real time wind and solar irradiance measurements necessary to model possible generation options. Wave and swell meters will be installed soon.

• Climate Action Plan
• Policies and the General Plan
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories
• Climate Action Compact
• Local Hazard Mitigation Plan
• Local Resources
• Climate Adaptation Planning
  

"Scientific consensus based on an overwhelming body of evidence concludes that global climate change is happening, it is caused in large part by human activities, and unless urgent action is taken at all levels of government to both mitigate and adapt to it, people and our environment could experience serious and damaging effects in the decades ahead." - Gary Griggs

Visit www.30x20.org