(a) The City shall demonstrate its long-term commitment to reducing Greenhouse Gas emissions and advancing racial and social equity by measuring and reporting emissions, tracking key performance indicators and equity metrics, and monitoring the City’s progress on meeting its climate action goals and commitments.
(b) The Department of the Environment shall, with the assistance from relevant City agencies:
(1) Measure and monitor Sector-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions, including municipal emissions, using best available global protocols for preparing Citywide Greenhouse Gas emission inventories.
(2) Measure production and consumption emissions using best available global methodologies for preparing consumption-based emission inventories.
(3) Evaluate Sector-Based Greenhouse Gas Emissions against set targets, document production and consumption emissions, and produce a Greenhouse Gas emissions report.
(4) Establish a monitoring and reporting process for the implementation of the CAP that:
(A) Tracks key performance indicators and equity metrics for strategies to help monitor their progress and implementation;
(B) Reports progress against the Paris Agreement and its goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
(5) Request and receive data from City departments starting August of every year to support:
(A) The annual Greenhouse Gas emissions inventory. City departments may be asked to provide data on, but not limited to, the following: their energy use; types of fuels used for their operations; fuel volume; vehicle-miles travelled (if applicable) within their jurisdictions; and private sector Greenhouse Gas emission sources regulated by the department. Departments may also be requested to verify emission estimates and assumptions and review resulting reports;
(B) Monitoring and reporting of CAP implementation. City departments may be asked to provide data on key performance indicators and equity metrics related to adopted strategies and actions; and
(C) The development and delivery of annual municipal building energy benchmarking reports.
(6) Coordinate with other City agencies to monitor, track, and report on climate action progress to local, state, national, and global partners.
(7) Report its findings in a progress report to the public every two years.
(Added by Ord. 117-21, File No. 210563, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)
(Former Sec. 907 added by Ord. 81-08, File No. 071294, App. 5/13/2008; repealed by Ord. 117-21, File No. 210563, App. 8/4/2021, Eff. 9/4/2021)