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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 16, 2025
Subject
SUBJECT: 2025 CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status report on 2025 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Update (Attachment A).
Issue
ISSUE
Metro plays a critical role in reducing greenhouse gas and other emissions and in supporting efforts to meet global, state and local climate action goals. At the same time, Metro can be a regional leader in planning and preparing for the impacts of climate change. Metro last articulated commitments and contributions in both climate action and resilience in the 2019 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP). This 2025 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Update reflects the progress Metro has made since the 2019 CAAP and incorporates new Board-adopted Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) targets. As of 2023, Metro has reduced operational GHG emissions by over 65% from the 2017 baseline and is forecasted to achieve a 76% reduction of 2017 GHG levels by 2030.
Background
BACKGROUND
In 2019, the Metro Board adopted a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan for the agency. This Plan outlined Metro's strategies and measures to mitigate and adapt to climate change, identified steps to further reduce emissions and build resilience, and set major goals including a goal of reducing operational emissions by 79% by 2030.
This 2025 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan Update responds to the Board's request in April 2024 to track the adopted Vehicle Miles Traveled reduction targets in the CAAP and to also provide an update of this document. The 2025 CAAP Update demonstrates Metro's progress since the release of the 2019 CAAP and describes how Metro is contributing to regional and state emissions reductions goals, delivering on the agency operational GHG reductions goals, and preparing for the impacts of climate change by assessing and addressing our main vulnerabilities.
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