JERSEY CITY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PUBLIC MEETING 11.7.19
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AGENDA 1. Why are we here tonight? 2. What is Climate Change? 3. Jersey City’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory 4. What is a Climate Action Plan? 5. How to get involved 6. Climate Conversations
AGENDA Why are we here tonight? General overview Learn about climate change Understand the process Not the only chance to provide input!
WAYS TO GET INVOLVED 1. Take our Survey 2. Social media (#JCClimateAction2020) 3. Neighborhood meetings 4. Host your own meeting 5. Apply to join a working group * *by Tuesday, Nov. 12
CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING CAP Process: October 2019 : Interdepartmental discussion of municipal actions & CAP Steering Committee launch November 2019: First public meeting and launch of Working Groups (Energy, Transportation & Land Use, Waste, Equity) Winter 2019 – General Discussion : Community meetings, Working Groups meetings, and Steering Committee meetings Survey #1 Winter 2020 – Consider Specific Actions : Community meetings, Working Groups meetings, and Steering Committee meetings Survey #2 Early Spring 2020: Draft final report Spring/Summer 2020: Final report release and presentation to Municipal Council
CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING General Discussion Specific Actions CAP Steering Committee Working Groups Survey #2 Survey #1 Community Meetings Present plan Public Meeting #1 to Council Public Meeting #2
WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? Alison Cucco Chair, Jersey City Environmental Commission
WHAT IS CLIMATE? Climate refers to long term patterns of temperature and precipitation. Climates shift on scales of decades, centuries or millennia. What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
WHAT ARE GREENHOUSE GASES? Greenhouse Gases ‐ gases in the atmosphere that retain heat • Carbon Dioxide (CO 2 ) – fossil‐fuel burning is the major human caused source of carbon dioxide • Methane (CH 4 ) – ruminants and rice paddies are sources • Nitrous Oxide (N 2 O) – vehicle engines, agriculture processes are major sources What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? Climate change refers to the broad range of changes that are happening to our planet, including, but not limited to What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? Climate change refers to the broad range of changes that are happening to our planet, including, but not limited to • average temperature increases What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
Climate change refers to the broad range of changes that are happening to our planet, including, but not limited to • average temperature increases • rising sea levels • shifts in plants’ growing seasons • intensified storms What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? Climate change refers to the broad range of changes that are happening to our planet, including, but not limited to • average temperature increases • rising sea levels What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? Climate change refers to the broad range of changes that are happening to our planet, including, but not limited to • average temperature increases • rising sea levels • shifts in plants’ growing seasons What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? Climate change refers to the broad range of changes that are happening to our planet, including, but not limited to • average temperature increases • rising sea levels • shifts in plants’ growing seasons • intensified storms What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
OBSERVATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE • NJ will experience more extreme weather including droughts, floods, heat waves and hurricanes • Hurricane Sandy and Irene • Low‐lying coastal cities like Jersey City are especially vulnerable • 12‐16” rise in sea level (4‐8” greater than global avg.) in last 100 years What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
OBSERVATIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE • NJ will experience more extreme weather including droughts, floods, heat waves and hurricanes • Hurricane Sandy and Irene • Low‐lying coastal cities like Jersey City are especially vulnerable • 12‐16” rise in sea level (4‐8” greater than global avg.) in last 100 years • 1.2˚F increase in average annual temperatures since 1970 • 36% more days over 90˚F since 1949 What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
THE ROLE OF THE IPCC • Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change or IPCC ‐ an international group of scientists and governmental representatives from 130 countries formed to review the scientific evidence for climate change • The IPCC stated that limiting global warming to 1.5°C (2.7˚F) would “reduce risks to marine biodiversity, fisheries, and ecosystems.” • To remain within a 1.5°C (2.7˚F) global warming scenario by the end of the century, a 45 percent reduction of global human‐induced GHG emissions of 2010 levels by 2030, reaching net zero near 2050, is required. What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE? “ As best as can be determined, the world is now warmer than it has been at any point in the last two millennia, and, if current trends continue, by the end of the century it will likely be hotter than at any point in the last two million years. ” ‐ American Geophysical Union What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco
JERSEY CITY’S COMMUNITY GHG INVENTORY • Partnership with PSEG Institute for Sustainable Studies at Montclair State University and supported by the Sustainable Jersey Grants program funded by Gardinier Environmental Fund
JERSEY CITY’S COMMUNITY GHG INVENTORY • Partnership with PSEG Institute for Sustainable Studies at Montclair State University and supported by the Sustainable Jersey Grants program funded by Gardinier Environmental Fund • Community‐wide greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) inventory for baseline year 2016
JERSEY CITY’S COMMUNITY GHG INVENTORY • Partnership with PSEG Institute for Sustainable Studies at Montclair State University and supported by the Sustainable Jersey Grants program funded by Gardinier Environmental Fund • Community‐wide greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) inventory for baseline year 2016 • In accordance with the Global Protocol for Community‐Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (aka GPC)
JERSEY CITY’S COMMUNITY GHG INVENTORY • Partnership with PSEG Institute for Sustainable Studies at Montclair State University and supported by the Sustainable Jersey Grants program funded by Gardinier Environmental Fund • Community‐wide greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) inventory for baseline year 2016 • In accordance with the Global Protocol for Community‐Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (aka GPC) • Meets requirements for Jersey City’s 2018 commitment to the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
JERSEY CITY’S COMMUNITY GHG INVENTORY GHG Emissions Project Bulletins
JERSEY CITY’S COMMUNITY GHG INVENTORY 3 Main Sectors: • Stationary Energy • Transportation • Waste Jersey City Total 2016 GHG Emissions by Sector
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