Dallas City Council adopted Resolution 19-1366 in May 2020 approving the Climate Action and Equity Plan (CECAP). The plan sets a goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and identifies action targets across buildings, transportation, energy, water, food, and waste sectors.
The Dallas Climate Action and Equity Plan, adopted unanimously by City Council on May 27, 2020 through Resolution 19-1366, establishes a roadmap to a net-zero, climate-resilient Dallas by 2050 with an interim 43 percent emissions reduction target by 2030 from a 2015 baseline. CECAP coordinates eight focus areas administered by the Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability and includes equity criteria prioritizing historically underinvested neighborhoods. The plan does not declare a formal climate emergency in the way some coastal cities have, but it commits Dallas to annual greenhouse-gas inventories, building-energy benchmarking partnerships, electric-vehicle infrastructure expansion, and tree-canopy targets. CECAP is a policy framework rather than a regulatory ordinance, so individual actions are implemented through subsequent code amendments and budget items.
CECAP itself imposes no penalties on residents or businesses. Compliance flows through downstream ordinances such as building-code updates, fleet-conversion procurement, and benchmarking pilots adopted under the plan.
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