Climate Action & Adaptation Plan

Amid intensifying climate impacts within the country and around the world, VTA’s Board of Directors adopted a resolution declaring a climate emergency on February 6, 2020. This resolution committed VTA to prepare a climate action plan to guide its response to the climate crisis.  

In 2021, VTA was awarded $434,682 from the Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant to prepare a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP). The Project launched with an online community survey and virtual public workshop in 2022 and commenced with the technical analysis shortly thereafter.  

The CAAP...

Amid intensifying climate impacts within the country and around the world, VTA’s Board of Directors adopted a resolution declaring a climate emergency on February 6, 2020. This resolution committed VTA to prepare a climate action plan to guide its response to the climate crisis.  

In 2021, VTA was awarded $434,682 from the Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant to prepare a Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP). The Project launched with an online community survey and virtual public workshop in 2022 and commenced with the technical analysis shortly thereafter.  

The CAAP seeks to reduce GHG emissions and prepare for climate change impacts. Reducing GHG emissions is a way to mitigate climate change from becoming worse over time. Preparing for long-term climate change impacts is about adapting and building resiliency for the future. The purpose of the CAAP is to address these goals with an action-oriented mindset.  

Venn Diagram. Under mitigation (actions that reduce GHG emissions), are public transit, active transportation, electrification, transit-oriented development and waste reduction. Under adaptation are flooding, sea level rise, extreme heat, extreme rainfall, wildfire, and drought. In the overlapping area are water conservation, habitat restoration, renewable energy, and landscaping

Timeline

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Plan Development
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Project Launch and Community Survey
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Public Workshop
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A recording of the virtual workshop is available to view on Youtube.

Title
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
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GHG Emission Reduction Strategies, Measures and Actions
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Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Strategies
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Draft Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP)
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Final CAAP
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