To limit global warming to 1.5°C, greenhouse gas emissions must peak before 2025 at the latest and decline 43% by 2030.
Climate action plans typically include targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and detailed steps for meeting and tracking those targets. Plans may also include elements such as resilience strategies and clean energy targets.
California has a statutory goal of reducing anthropogenic emissions by at least 85% below 1990 levels and achieving carbon neutrality by 2045.
The Climate Smart San José plan established greenhouse gas emission reduction goals of 80% below 1990 levels by 2050, with interim reduction goals of 28% by 2025, 36% by 2030, and 70% by 2040.
The adoption of Climate Smart San José made San José one of the first U.S. cities to chart a path to achieving the greenhouse gas emissions reductions contained in the international Paris Agreement on climate change.
The main goals of climate-smart agriculture are to: Increase or maintain productivity and yield. Enhance resilience to environmental changes. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions.