Cleveland's Climate Action Plan, originally adopted 2013 and refreshed in 2018 and 2024, sets community-wide greenhouse gas reduction goals and guides City sustainability programs through the Mayor's Office of Sustainability.
The 2018 CAP refresh adopted an 80% greenhouse gas reduction target by 2050 against a 2010 baseline, with interim milestones and a racial equity lens added in 2024. The plan organizes actions around energy, transportation, waste, water, and resilience. Implementation runs through Cleveland's Mayor's Office of Sustainability and the Sustainability Master Plan, which align with Cleveland Climate Action Fund grants and Climate Ambassador programs.
CAP itself is a guiding policy document rather than an enforcement code, but specific implementing ordinances on energy benchmarking, idling, and waste do carry penalties.
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