Our Plan
Redwood City's Goals
Redwood City’s 2030 Climate Action Plan (CAP) provides a pathway to reducing our carbon emissions 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, an interim step toward the ultimate goal of achieving carbon neutrality well before 2045. Together, we can foster a vibrant economy, increase our resiliency, and support Redwood City's vision for a livable and sustainable community for all generations to come.
Redwood City Climate Action Goals:
- Reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 50% by 2030
- Achieve carbon neutrality well before 2045
Our Roadmap for a Sustainable Future
Adopted on November 16, 2020, Redwood City's Climate Action Plan identifies key strategies for the next decade to stay on pace with achieving our 2030 goals. The Climate Action Plan is also a call to action to residents, community organizations, and businesses to take an active part in transitioning to a low-carbon future and clean economy. Explore the following climate action strategies developed for 2020 – 2030.
| Action | Description | Status |
1.1 | Participate in Community Choice Aggregation |  |
1.2 | Incentivize solar installations |  |
1.3 | Promote energy efficiency programs | |
| Action | Description | Status |
2.1 | Incentivize all-electric technologies | |
2.2 | Incentivize electric panel upgrades to accommodate all-electric technologies | |
| Action | Description | Status |
1.1 | Encourage safe and accessible multimodal transportation (WalkBikeThrive) | |
| Action | Description | Status |
2.1 | Develop walkable and bikeable street landscape | |
2.2 | Enhance infrastructure to promote shared electric bikes and scooters (Shared Micromobility Program) | |
| Action | Description | Status |
3.1 | Establish green building policy for increasing EV charging in development | |
3.2 | Incentivize EV charging equipment | |
3.3 | Establish electric municipal fleet policy (Fleet Decarb Plan) | |
3.4 | Incentivize electric leaf blowers and lawn care equipment | |
| Action | Description | Status |
1.1 | Provide and promote waste reduction, recycling and composting programs (SB 1383) | |
1.2 | Adopt a single-use foodware ordinance | |
| Action | Description | Status |
1.1 | Provide and promote water conservation rebates, programs, and services (including recycled water) | |
| Action | Description | Status |
1.1 | Increase Public Awareness and Educate the community on climate change impacts (including wildfire, extreme heat and urban tree canopy, extreme storms, increased flooding, and sea level rise) | |
1.2 | Assess Vulnerability to climate change impacts (Sea Level Rise Vulnerability and Adaptation Planning Study) | |
Our Plan
Implementing the Plan
Implementing the Climate Action Plan involves a multi-faceted approach, focusing on reducing emissions, adapting to unavoidable climate impacts, and community outreach and awareness.
Interdepartmental and interagency collaborations and partnerships with community-based environmental organizations, businesses, and non-profits such as listed below are critical.
- Peninsula Clean Energy
- OneShoreline
- County of San Mateo Sustainability Department
- Sustainable San Mateo County
- Loma Prieta Sierra Club
- Acterra
- Fossil-Free Mid Peninsula
- CityTrees
In implementing this CAP, the City’s vision is to foster relationships and engage our more socially vulnerable communities regarding the challenges of and solutions to climate change.