“0-80-100-Roots” means the City’s climate action framework, where “0” refers to a goal of zero waste, “80” refers to a goal of 80% low-carbon trips, “100” refers to a goal of 100% renewable energy, and “Roots” refers to sequestering carbon through natural systems.
“Climate Action Plan” means the document required under Section 904 outlining the specific actions the City will endeavor to take to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions and offset negative climate impacts.
“Consumption-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions” means all the Greenhouse Gas emissions associated with producing, transporting, using, and disposing of products and services consumed by a particular community or entity in a given time period, including emissions generated outside the boundaries of the community or the geographic area where the entity is located.
“Greenhouse gas” means any and all of the following gases: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.
“Hazards and Climate Resilience Plan” means the plan prepared by the Office of Resilience and Capital Planning (ORCP) to increase the resilience of all components that keep the City functioning: buildings, infrastructure, utilities, transportation, communication systems, and the people who live and work in San Francisco.
“Low-Carbon Trips” mean trips into, out of, and within the City’s boundaries which generate zero or low greenhouse gas emissions.
“Net Zero Sector-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions” means Sector-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions after first eliminating emissions from fossil fuels and other sources, and then, for each ton of emissions that cannot be eliminated, removing a ton of carbon dioxide equivalent from the atmosphere.
“Renewable Energy” means energy qualifying as renewable pursuant to California Public Resources Code Chapter 8.6, Section 25741(a), and California Public Utilities Code Chapter 2.3, Article 16, Section 399.16(b)(1) or (2), as amended from time to time, or provided by a local publicly owned electric utility subject to California Public Utilities Code Chapter 2.3, Article 16, Section 399.30(j), as amended from time to time.
“Responsible Production and Consumption” means improving how materials and products are extracted, manufactured, delivered, acquired, used, reused, recycled, and disposed of to ensure that the production and consumption of materials and products promote basic human needs, are distributed in a socially equitable manner, and carried out in a way that minimizes environmental impacts over the lifecycle of those materials and products while matching the carrying capacity of the earth’s resources and adding value so as not to jeopardize present and future generations. (See United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 12.) “Lifecycle” means the complete material life of a product, good, or service, including resource extraction, manufacture, assembly, construction, maintenance, transportation, operations or use, and end of life (reuse, recycling/composting, and disposal). “Carrying capacity” means the number or amount of people, plants, and other living organisms that an ecosystem can support indefinitely without causing environmental degradation.
“Sector-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions” means all of the Greenhouse Gas emissions generated within the geographic boundaries of the City in a given time period.
(Added by Ord. 81-08, File No. 071294, App. 5/13/2008; amended by Ord. 117-21, File No. 210563, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)