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JERSEY CITY CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PUBLIC MEETING 11.7.19 Welcome! Introductions How does climate change make you feel? Icons made by Chanut from www.flaticon.com AGENDA 1. Why are we here tonight? 2. What is Climate Change? 3. Jersey Citys

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JERSEY CITY

CLIMATE ACTION PLAN PUBLIC MEETING

11.7.19

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Welcome!

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Introductions

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Icons made by Chanut from www.flaticon.com

How does climate change make you feel?

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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
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AGENDA

Why are we here tonight?

 General overview  Learn about climate change  Understand the process  Not the only chance to provide input!

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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

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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

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CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING

CAP Steering Committee Working Groups Survey #1 Community Meetings Present plan to Council Public Meeting #1 Public Meeting #2 Survey #2

Specific Actions General Discussion

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WHAT IS CLIMATE CHANGE?

Alison Cucco Chair, Jersey City Environmental Commission

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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

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What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco

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WHAT ARE GREENHOUSE GASES?

Greenhouse Gases ‐ gases in the atmosphere that retain heat

  • Carbon Dioxide (CO2) – fossil‐fuel burning is the major human caused source of

carbon dioxide

  • Methane (CH4) – ruminants and rice paddies are sources
  • Nitrous Oxide (N2O) – vehicle engines, agriculture processes are major sources

What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco

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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

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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

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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

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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

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What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco

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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

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What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco

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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

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What is Climate Change? Alison Cucco

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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JERSEY CITY’S COMMUNITY GHG INVENTORY

GHG Emissions Project Bulletins

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JERSEY CITY’S COMMUNITY GHG INVENTORY

Jersey City Total 2016 GHG Emissions by Sector

3 Main Sectors:

  • Stationary Energy
  • Transportation
  • Waste
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JERSEY CITY’S COMMUNITY GHG INVENTORY

Total emissions:

2,897,275 Mt CO2e

Mt CO2e = Metric tons of CO2 equivalent

GPC Scope Sector Units Consumed Mt CO2e Source MMBtu Buildings/Stationary 1,948,123 27,291,963 Commercial 1,211,647 15,774,932 1 & 2 Electricity kWh 1,453,427,363 499,733 4,959,298 1 Natural gas GJ 4,676,728 235,759 4,432,682 1 #2 Fuel Oil liters 151,546,525 416,122 5,588,799 1 #5 & 6 Fuel Oil liters 19,961,447 60,033 794,153 Residential (small and large residential) 461,387 6,744,325 1 & 2 Electricity kWh 563,720,637 193,824 1,923,494 1 Natural gas GJ 4,459,272 224,797 4,226,574 1 #2 Fuel Oil liters 12,425,202 34,118 458,222 1 LPG GJ 143,525 8,648 136,035 Industrial 275,089 4,772,707 1 & 2 Electricity kWh 142,085,299 46,018 456,682 1 Natural gas GJ 4,553,648 229,071 4,316,025 Transportation 880,044 11,821,358 On‐road transportation 858,943 11,622,213 1 & 3 Freight‐ diesel VMT 1,276,624 99,771 1,346,428 1 & 3 Passenger‐ gas VMT 4,680,955 678,074 9,181,352 1 & 3 Passenger‐ diesel VMT 121,583 81,098 1,094,433 Rail Transportation 21,100 199,145 1 & 3 Freight rail‐ diesel liters 1,199,540 3,247 43,534 1, 2, & 3 Commuter rail (PATH) kWh 45,640,280 17,853 155,611 Waste 69,109 17,775 Landfills 67,637 ‐ 3 Exported solid waste‐ landfills Mt 103,550 67,637 ‐ Wastewater Treatment 1,472 17,775 1 & 2 Wastewater Electricity kWh 3,441,596 916 11,062 1 & 2 Wastewater Nat. Gas GJ 7,083 556 6,713

Totals 2,897,275 39,131,097

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JERSEY CITY’S COMMUNITY GHG INVENTORY

GHG Emissions Per Capita Comparison

How do we compare to other cities?

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JERSEY CITY’S COMMUNITY GHG INVENTORY

Where do we want to be?

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CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING

How do we meet our goals?

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CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING

How do we meet our goals?

We need a plan!

Image from “Business Plan Template: A Framework to Streamline Your Next Business Plan,” downloaded 11/7/19 from https://www.shopify.com/blog/business‐plan‐template

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 What is a Climate Action Plan (CAP)?

 A detailed and strategic framework for measuring, planning, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and related climatic effects  Community involvement is key to successful implementation!

CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING

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CLIMATE ACTION PLANNING

CAP Steering Committee Working Groups Survey #1 Community Meetings Present plan to Council Public Meeting #1 Public Meeting #2 Survey #2

Specific Actions General Discussion

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WAYS TO STAY INVOLVED

  • 1. Take our Survey
  • 2. Social media
  • 3. Neighborhood meetings
  • 4. Host your own meeting
  • 5. Apply to join a working group*

*by Tuesday, Nov. 12

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MEETING IN A BOX What is a Meeting In A Box?

 A toolkit that any one can use to host their own meeting  Invite friends, family, neighbors, etc  Host wherever you feel comfortable  Contains all of our materials  Send us your feedback

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HTTPS://JCMAKEITGREEN.ORG/CLIMATE‐ACTION

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CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS

  • 1. Have you made any changes to your

lifestyle/energy consumption due to your views

  • n climate change?

 What are some changes you would be willing to make?

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CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS

  • 2. What role do you think local or state

government should take to affect power generation and/or consumption?

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JERSEY CITY’S OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY

Website: www.jcmakeitgreen.org Instagram: @JCMakeItGreen Twitter: @JCMakeItGreen #JCClimateAction2020