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Eugene CAP2.0 as related to Climate Recovery Ordinance Targets and Goals <br /> <br />Page 8 <br /> <br />As can be seen, existing CAP2.0 policies are not forecast to achieve CRO GHG goals. A “gap” remains <br />equal to about 1.7 million MT CO2e of local + imported GHG emissions. As the City and community <br />consider the consumption-based GHG gap, it’s important to reiterate that the “imported” fraction of <br />consumption-based GHGs are produced largely outside of the Eugene community’s control. <br />While there are point of purchase decisions and actions that members of the Eugene community can <br />make to reduce the community’s consumption-based emissions (such as buying used products instead <br />of new or choosing lower-carbon foods) – there is no currently known way to reduce Eugene <br />consumption-based emissions to zero outside of domestic and international climate policies. If the City / <br />community were to select consumption-based GHGs as the basis for CRO goals it will require the <br />community devising a means to influence or control the energy systems in other states and counties to <br />reduce the GHGs generated in those places as they produce goods for consumption here. It’s <br />important to recognize that there isn’t any precedent for consumption-based emissions being used as <br />the basis for community goal setting or action planning. <br />Figure 8: Consumption-based emissions and existing policy forecast. <br />Note: GHG Goal value in figure based on Good Company CRO interpretation and is subject to change. <br /> <br />Figure 9 and Figure 10 show the “gap” actions and scenarios considered for consumption-based <br />emissions. Since Sector-based GHGs are a subset of Consumption-based emissions, previously <br />discussed Sector-based actions are also a means to reduce Consumption-based emissions. <br /> <br />The top row of Figure 9 lists the Consumption-based GHG gap (1.7 million MT CO2e). This value <br />corresponds to the far right-hand grey bar on Figure 7. The lower rows describe the action and <br />scenario; corresponding GHG reduction; and the percentage of the gap addressed by the <br />action/scenario. <br /> <br />After accounting for <br />population growth and CAP <br />reductions from existing policy <br />– there remains a “gap” of <br />about 1.7 million MT CO2e to <br />reach the CRO 2030 GHG <br />Goal (green dotted line). <br />May 22, 2019, Work Session – Item 1