6.5 billion people on Earth

HALF of usnow live in

Jared BlumenfeldSan Francisco Department of the Environment

San Francisco Climate Action Plan

San Francisco Greenhouse Gas Emissions (eCO2)1990

San Francisco Road Vehicles

24%

Intraregional Road Vehicles23%

Residential19%

Commercial16%

Municipal4% Municipal Fleet

1%

Rail (BART,Caltrain)and Ferry

2%

Muni Buses and Rail1%Industrial

10%

1990 Baseline Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Total = 9.1 million tons eCO2 per yearSources: PG&E, Hetch Hetchy Water and Power, CA. Dept of Transportation, MTC, Muni, BART.

Building Energy Transportation

Actions to Reduce San Francisco’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

20% below 1990 level by 2012

GREEN BUILDING

•All municipal 

buildings must be 

LEED silver •Priority Permitting 

for LEED gold•LEED Gold for all 

city construction by 

2012

San FranciscoVehicles=49% of ourCO2

100% ZeroEmission Fleet

By 2020

?

EnergyEfficiency

PartneringWithBusinessesAnd HomeTo Save energyAndMoney

24 megawattsTarget

RECO

T-12 Ban

Closed May 2006

Hunters Point Power Plant

Renewables + JOBS

HOW MUCH POWER?

HOW MUCH C02?

Today - 69% Recycling Rate

2010 - 75% Recycling Rate

2020 - Zero Waste

Recycling

e-waste

banned

from

landfill