A Final Draft 2025 CARP Update and Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan is now published. The final draft plan incorporates public comments received during the public review period and from the October 2024 City Council workshop. This Wednesday, February 26, the Transportation Commission will consider endorsing the final draft plan. Read the Final Draft 2025 CARP Update.
The 2025 CARP update supersedes the 2019 CARP and outlines the updated CARP vision and goals, the updated GHG mitigation measures, and the updated hazard mitigation and the CARP resilience measures, which are now housed in the mitigation plan CARP appendix.
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To guide ongoing CARP implementation, the 2024 Annual Report highlights key progress on plan implementation during 2024. The 2024 CARP Annual Report also serves as the annual report for the Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan. This Wednesday, February 26, the Transportation Commission will review the report and work plan. Read the 2024 Annual Report. |
- CARP underwent its first comprehensive update, including a new greenhouse gas inventory for 2022 that showed Alameda is on track to meet its 2030 greenhouse gas reduction goals!
- AMP continues to provide clean electricity to all customers. In 2023, 64% of AMP’s power mix comes from eligible renewable resources, including: geothermal, biomass (landfill gas), small hydroelectric, and wind. An additional 36% of the power mix comes from large hydroelectric projects in California.
- Launched Alameda Youth Climate Ambassadors for youth representing environmental clubs at Alameda middle and high schools to help students learn about how to get involved in City climate action work, activate the broader student community, and provide a platform for student climate clubs across Alameda to exchange ideas and share resources.
- Began development of a pilot program to expand EV charging availability across the city by deploying public EV charging at City owned parking lots and in the public right-of-way in a two-phase process. The first phase will roll out in 2025.
- AMP continues to offer clean transportation programs for customers, including incentives focused electric vehicles, e-bikes and the building out of EV charging infrastructure.
- Alameda held its first annual Home Electrification Fair at Faction Brewing in March 2024. Approximately 200 attendees met with contractors and suppliers to learn about switching from gas to electric appliances and available rebates and tax credits.
- AMP launched six new home electrification programs: for multi-family properties, induction cooktop incentives, a socket splitter rebate, a commercial HVAC electrification rebate, electrification education opportunities, and a new technical assistant program for non-profit organizations.
- A draft Urban Forest Plan which will update the City’s existing Street Tree Master Plan and expand the scope to include all trees within Alameda was reviewed by the public and City Council.
- The Oakland Alameda Adaptation Committee (OAAC) conducted significant community engagement and City Council endorsed design concepts for the Bay Farm Island and Estuary Adaptation Projects. The Subregional Adaptation Plan got underway and will be the focus in 2025.
- City staff participated or presented at 35 public workshops, events and community meetings.
- OAAC Partners conducted 40 focus group meetings, 16 committee meetings, and 3 rounds of workshops for Sea Level Rise Adaptation Projects.
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16 email bulletins sent with 25,393 delivered and a 60% average unique email open rate.
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3 miles of bikeway constructed in 2024, with 13.1 miles constructed since 2019.
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205,823 free bus pass boardings, a 45% increase from 2023.
- An 8% increase in AC Transit average weekday boardings since 2023 and 36% increase since 2021.
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10 new public EV chargers at business and government locations.
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9% of all vehicles registered in Alameda were electric, plug in hybrid or fuel cell vehicles in 2023, up from 2.3% in 2017.
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501 electrification rebates and 6 new electrification programs launched by AMP.
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200 attendees at the City’s first Home Electrification Fair.
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8,090 unique page views on 11 sustainability and resilience webpages. Top webpages that received the most unique page views in 2024:
- Climate Action and Resiliency Plan
- Oakland Alameda Adaptation Committee
- Urban Forest Plan
- Electric Vehicles and E-bikes
- Climate Adaptation and Hazard Mitigation Plan
The Transportation Commission, Public Utilities Board, Planning Board, and City Council will hear a presentation, receive public comment and consider endorsing the CARP update and 2024 Draft Annual Report. See below for the schedule and location to join!
Transportation Commission meeting, February 26, 6:30pm (agenda and staff report)
Planning Board | March 10 at 7pm
City Council | March 18 at 7pm
Public Utilities Board | April 21 at 6pm
Contact us
sustainability@alamedaca.gov
https://www.alamedaca.gov/climateaction
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