Since 2000, when Palo Alto adopted a Sustainability Policy, the City has undertaken a wide range of initiatives to improve the sustainability performance of both government operations and the community at large, including: approving an ambitious goal of achieving an 80% reduction in Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) below 1990 levels by 2030; and, adopting the Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Framework, which will serve as the road map for achieving Palo Alto’s GHG reduction goal and for developing the Sustainability Implementation Plans (SIPs) which will guide us in the coming years.

Sustainability is a guiding influence for all of our work. Sustainability is embedded in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan (adopted in 2017), with 10 goals and over 50 actions outlined in the 2030 Comprehensive Plan Implementation Plan that are explicitly or implicitly related to sustainability. Examples of our work in sustainability include:

• Green Stormwater Infrastructure
• Our Green Buildings
• Protecting our Bay
• Sea Level Rise
• Urban Canopy
• Sustainability Policies
• Sustainability Actions and Accomplishments