A history of climate leadership: Milestones and key documents (1993-2025)

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The City of Portland was the first in the United States to draft a carbon reduction strategy. Learn more about the process behind it.

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Climate Emergency Declaration

Climate Emergency Declaration – Adopted June 30, 2020974.67 KB

Climate Emergency Declaration – One-year Progress Report 2021835.11 KB

Climate Action plans

Climate Emergency Workplan 2022-20251.25 MB

2015 Climate Action Plan - Summary6.6 MB

2015 Climate Action Plan18.42 MB

2009 Climate Action Plan - Executive Summary1.33 MB

2009 Climate Action Plan7.01 MB

2001 City of Portland/Multnomah County Local Action Plan on Global Warming313.99 KB

1993 Global Warming Reduction Strategy27.51 KB

Renewable Energy Resolution

100% Renewable Energy Resolution (2017)

Resiliency and preparation

Resilient Infrastructure Planning Exercise Summary Report (2018)2.83 MB

Climate Change Preparation Strategy (2014)14.28 MB

Climate Change Preparation Strategy: Risk and Vulnerabilities Assessment (2014)25.27 MB

Equity

VOZ Environment and Justice Framework (2017)1.91 MB

Climate Action Through Equity (2016)1.61 MB

Progress reports

2015 Climate Action Plan Final Progress Report (2020)26.75 MB

Climate Action Plan Progress Report (2017)2.08 MB

Climate Action Plan - Year Two Progress Report (2011)2.62 MB

Climate Action Plan - Year One Progress Report (2010)2.22 MB

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