NEW! Climate Action Plan Update
Get involved and join the efforts to update the City's Climate Action Plan during fall/winter 2020-2021! There are four main components to climate action planning:
- An inventory of greenhouse gas emissions
- Community outreach to build awareness and understand concerns from a diverse set of stakeholders and residents
- A series of target emissions reduction goals and dates relative to a baseline year or amount
- A comprehensive list of actions that will reduce or eliminate carbon pollution to achieve those emission reduction targets
Emissions Goal
The City of Charleston continues to experience first-hand the very real impacts of climate change and the sense of urgency required in the response. That’s why, in 2017 Mayor Tecklenburg signed Climate Mayors coalition joining the ongoing commitment of US cities to accelerate climate progress.
In doing so, Mayor Tecklenburg pledged to demonstrate leadership on climate change and uphold the spirit of the Paris climate agreement by pursuing actions to achieve an 80% reduction in emissions levels by 2050. The City of Charleston plans to achieve or exceed this emissions reduction goal, relative to our 2002 baseline measures.
NEW! Follow progress on emissions reduction activities on FloodStat!