Climate Action and Resiliency Plan (CARP)

Alameda has set an ambitious goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions through equitable improvements to transportation, buildings, energy use, and waste management. As a low-lying island city threatened by rising seas and increasing extreme heat and smoke days, we need to act boldly to keep Alameda safe for current and future generations. If we are successful, we will reduce Alameda's greenhouse gas emissions, increase quality of life on the island, and build a resilient, thriving city.

The CARP covers both climate adaptation and hazard mitigation and greenhouse gas reduction. It acts as an umbrella for several other plans and ongoing initiatives, including

Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (which is called the Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan)
General Plan Safety Element
Oakland Alameda Adaptation Committee (OAAC)
Equitable Building Decarbonization Plan
Urban Forest Plan
Zero Waste Implementation Plan
Transportation Choices Plan
Active Transportation Plan

2025 CARP Update

City Council has adopted the 2025 CARP update. The 2025 CARP update supersedes the 2019 CARP and outlines the updated CARP vision and goals, the updated GHG mitigation measures (both new and continuing from the original CARP) which are reorganized into GHG action plans, and the updated hazard mitigation and the CARP resilience measures, which are now housed in the LHMP, which can be found here.

Read the 2025 CARP Update(PDF, 3MB)

Plan Development Timeline:

April - May 2024 Community Survey - Results(PDF, 439KB)

April 2024 - Housing, Youth, Business & Community Organizations Stakeholder Meetings #1

June 25, 2024 - Community Workshop #1 - Presentation(PDF, 8MB)

August 2024 - Housing, Youth, Business & Community Organizations Stakeholder Meetings #2

October 15, 2024 - City Council Workshop on CARP and Zero Waste Implementation Plan (ZWIP) - Presentation(PDF, 2MB) and video recording (starts at 38:52)

December 9, 2024 - Public comment opens on Public Review Draft

December 18, 2024 - Community Workshop #2 - Presentation(PDF, 6MB) and video recording

January 26, 2025 - Public comment closes on Public Review Draft

February 26, 2025 - Transportation Commission - Staff report and video recording (starts at 9:57)

March 10, 2025 - Planning Board - Staff report and video recording (starts at 3:00)

April 1, 2025 at 7pm - City Council adoption - Staff report and video recording (starts at 1:20:56)

April 21, 2025 - Public Utilities Board

2019 CARP

Through adoption of its award-winning Climate Action and Resiliency Plan in 2019, Alameda has set an ambitious goal of reducing emissions by 50% below 2005 levels by 2030 and becoming carbon neutral as soon as possible. The CARP charts a course to achieve this goal through equitable improvements to transportation, buildings, energy use, and waste management.

Read the 2019 CARP here.

Annual Reports

To guide CARP implementation, Annual Reports are presented to City Council and Boards and Commissions to share progress in the previous year and set priorities for the coming year. CARP Annual Reports also serve as the annual report for the Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan.

2024 CARP Annual Report(PDF, 1MB)

2023 CARP Annual Report(PDF, 4MB)

2022 CARP Annual Report(PDF, 4MB)

2021 CARP Annual Report(PDF, 2MB)

2020 CARP Annual Report(PDF, 1MB) and Appendix(PDF, 577KB)

Take Action!

It will take everyone working together to respond to the challenge of climate change and promote a healthier and more sustainable Alameda. Check out a video of Alameda high school students explaining why climate action is important to them.

As a resident, there is a lot you can do now!

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