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ClimateActionPlan2.0GapClosingStrategyΑ <br />ƦķğƷĻJan29,2019 <br />AspartoftheClimateActionPlan2.0(CAP2.0),theprojectteamcompletedadraft Eugene <br />ClimateActionPlan2.0ReductionForecastfor2030(Forecast).TheForecastmeasuresthe <br />impactofplannedactionsbytheĭƚƒƒǒƓźƷǤ͸ƭlargelevershareholders(LLS)andcomparesthat <br />impactto9ǒŭĻƓĻ͸ƭClimateRecoveryOrdinance(CRO)goals.TheForecastshowsasignificant <br />gapbetweenplannedcommunityactionsandtheCROgoals.ThisͷDğƦ{ƷƩğƷĻŭǤ͸summarizes <br />thegapandofferspotentialstrategiestohelpcloseit. <br />FossilFuelsGap <br />The/wh͸ƭfossilfueltargetisa50%reductionincommunityfossilfuelusein2030comparedto <br />a2010baseline.TheForecastshowsthatexistingplansreducefossilfueluseby30%(7.1 <br />MMBTU).Thatleavesagapofabout20%(2.1MMBTU)thatwillneedtobeaddressedwith <br />additionalactionstoreachtheCROtargets. <br />GreenhouseGasEmissionsGap <br />TheCROcallsforcommunitygreenhousegas(ghg)emissionstobe9ǒŭĻƓĻ͸ƭaverageshareofa <br />globalatmosphericGHGlevelof350ppmby2100,whichisestimatedin2016torequirean <br />annualaverageemissionreductionlevelof7.6%.GHGsareexpectedtogrowslightlyby2030, <br />eto3.13millionMTCOe. <br />increasingfrom2.75millionMTCO <br />22 <br />9ǒŭĻƓĻ͸ƭGreenhouseGas <br />EmissionsBuckets <br />9ǒŭĻƓĻ͸ƭemissionscanbedivided <br />intothreebucketsΑConsumption, <br />TransportationFuels,andEnergy <br />UsedinBuildings.Consumptionis <br />9ǒŭĻƓĻ͸ƭlargestbucketandincludes <br />theemissionscreatedthroughoutthe <br />lifecycleofthegoodsweconsume. <br />TransportationFuelsis9ǒŭĻƓĻ͸ƭ <br />secondlargestbucketandincludes <br />emissionsfromthefuelweusetopowervehicleswithinEugeneΑmostlygasolineanddiesel. <br />EnergyUsedinBuildingsisthesmallestbucketandincludestheresourcesweuseforheating, <br />yinourbuildingsinEugenelikeelectricityandnaturalgas. <br />cooling,andelectricit <br />Eugeneisaleaderwhenitcomestoaddressingghgemissions.TheCityisoneofonlyahandful <br />ofcommunitiesthathasfullymeasureditsconsumptionbucketintheUSandtheonly <br />communityintheUS,thatstafffound,thatcountsthisbucketintheirgoals.Mostcommunities <br />focustheirghgemissionsreductiongoalsaroundtransportationandenergyemissions.These <br />twobucketsrepresenttheopportunitiesthatcitieshavethemostleveragetocontrol. <br /> <br />