Agenda Packet 5-22-19 Work Session

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Eugene CAP2.0 as related to Climate Recovery Ordinance Targets and Goals Page 9 Figure 9: Sector-based GHG and Fossil Fuel Use Gap compared to additional actions / scenarios. Figure 10 graphically presents the same information as Figure 9 (for a select group of actions). The left- hand grey bar is equal to the local, Sector-based CRO gap. The other bars compare the scale of reduction potential for actions / scenarios to the gap. As can be seen, some of the larger actions include U.S. remaining in the Paris Climate Accord; community adoption of electric vehicles; community participation in Northwest Natural’s Smart Energy program; lower-GHG food choices; and reduction in the amount of edible food waste. One action of note on Figure 10, is U.S. participation in the Paris Climate Accord and the significance of domestic and international climate policy in general. The U.S. is currently in the process of withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord. Oregon imports about 44% of its goods from U.S. states outside of Oregon.3 If the U.S. were to remain in the Accord, the reductions required by the Accord would have had the effect of reducing GHGs from U.S. energy systems thereby lowering the amount of GHGs emitted during the production of the goods imported from other U.S. states into Eugene. Eugene’s consumption-based emissions are primarily a function of the fuels used to generate the energy used to produce goods imported to Eugene for local consumption. Because Eugene has limited control over other states’ Energy systems – Federal climate policy, or state level policy in other states is required if Eugene is to reach CRO goals for consumption-based emissions. 3 Oregon’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions through 2015. Available for download at https://www.oregon.gov/deq/FilterDocs/OregonGHGreport.pdf. Annual Gap - Consumption-based GHG Gap 1,700,000 MT CO2e MT CO2e % of Gap Consumption and Materials Management Actions Reduce the average size of new single-family homes (from 2,300 to 1,600 sqft.)(50,000) -3% Eugene optimizes the solid waste system to minimize GHGs (90,000) -5% Scenario 1: 25% of community reduces meat and dairy by 25%(10,000) -1% Scenario 2: 50% of community reduces meat and dairy by 50%(40,000) -2% Scenario 3: 100% of community reduces meat and dairy by 100%(170,000) -10% Community reduces 100% of edible food waste (50,000) -3% Community reduces the carbon intensity of concrete products U.S. Remains in Paris Accord (550,000) -32% *This column shows max cumulative potential in 2030 Data not readily available May 22, 2019, Work Session – Item 1