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City of Atlanta Power to Change
G. Boyd LeakeZero Waste Manager
Mayor’s Office of Sustainability
August 17, 2015
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“Atlanta will become a top-tier city for sustainability.”
Mayor Kasim Reed, 2010
Goal Overview
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Office of Sustainability Mayor’s OfficesCommunications
Constituent ServicesContract Compliance
Cultural AffairsEntertainment
Facilities (OEAM)Human Services
Innovation Delivery Special EventsSustainabilityThe Mayor’s Office of Sustainability is focused on embedding sustainability
best practices into Atlanta city government and across the community.
For more information about Atlanta’s efforts to create a more sustainable city, please visit the Office of Sustainability’s page at http://p2catl.com.
Overview
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Power to Change Overview
PROGRESS: GRI ReportPLAN: Power to Change
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Why CAP – Why now? Overview
What is a Climate Action Plan (CAP)?A comprehensive and achievable plan to reduce emissions. Why should the City
adopt a CAP?• To recognizes the
risk that climate change poses to its citizens and its economy
• To join an increasing number of local governments committed to addressing climate change at the local level
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Why CAP – Why now? Overview
Annual Weather-Related Deaths (2010)
Source:Georgia Tech Urban Climate Lab
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Why CAP – Why now? Overview
Urban warming rankings (2010)
Source:Georgia Tech Urban Climate Lab
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Energy: Top 10 Most Pollutant Power Plants
Climate Impacts
#1 in the CountryScherer Power Plant,
Georgia
2015
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Extreme Weather: Droughts Climate Impacts
1988
20072012
Worst 100 year droughts
Economic Damage: $12 Billion Lives Lost:
200+
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Extreme Weather: Floods Climate Impacts
2009Downtown
New USGS record with highest flood in 500 years
Economic Damage: $193 million Homes Lost: 16,981 Lives Lost: 10
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Key Stakeholders Power to Change
GovernmentBusinessAcademia
Non-profitsResidents
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Impact Areas Power to Change
Air QualityLand Use
Sustainability Planning
Transportation & Mobility
Education
Growing BusinessEnergy Efficiency &
RenewablesCommunity Health
& VitalityMaterials
ManagementWater Management
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CAP
Strategies
Air QualitySustainability PlanningTransportation & MobilityEducationGrowing Business
• Commercial Buildings• Residential Housing• Energy Production• Greenspace/Food
Security• Waste and Recycling• Water and Wastewater
Management
Transportation
Land UseEnergy Efficiency & RenewablesCommunity Health & VitalityMaterials ManagementWater Management
P2C CAP Focus Areas
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Increase landfill diversion to 80% by 2020
MATERIALSMANAGEMENT
Building material reuse
Divert MSW from landfills
2014 Trash : 106,319 Tons
ACTIONS:• Educate/Enforce Ordinance
#130 – multifamily recycling required
• Partner with non-profits to education/implement recycling programs
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Data for waste & recycling generated
COMMERCIALBUILDINGS
Office BuildingsWarehouses
Industrial Buildings Restaurants
Shopping Malls Shopping Centers Big Box Retailers
Options for How to Increase Recycling in
this sector?
Capture Commercial Waste & Recycling Rates
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Increase Residential Recycling Rates
Both Single Family & Multifamily
City handles curbside, not apartments
15,264 tons recycled in 2014
Problems with Single Stream
Curbside Residential Recycling
Atlanta City Ordinance #130 Requiring Recycling at
Multifamily passed in 2007
Has never been enforced
RESIDENTIALHOUSING
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Increase park land, greenspace, and tree canopy while assuring local food security
GREENSPACE & FOOD SECURITY
Increase green space to 7%
26,941 tons yard debris in 2014
Proctor Creek Watershed • Increase urban canopy
• Urban agriculture • Decrease food deserts
ACTIONS:• Increase park areas• Finance urban agriculture• Quantify carbon sequestration
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Contributors – Thank you!
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Atlanta Power to Change Website:http://p2catl.com/
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Questions?
G. Boyd [email protected]
/AtlantaSustainability
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