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Since City Council adopted the CEW as the City’s current climate action plan in August 2022, multiple City bureaus have worked to advance its 47 priority actions. These are the actions that can put Portland on a path toward achieving our collective decarbonization and community resilience goals.

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

The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability prioritizes efforts to reduce global carbon emissions from the local consumption of goods and services. Our work focuses on partnering with the community to help all Portland residents and local businesses thrive within the resource limits of the planet.

An Advisory Group provides strategic guidance to the Clean Industry Assessment and Roadmap effort. This diverse group aims to ensure we ask the right questions and engage productively with industries and other community partners.

This workplan describes the actions Portland can and must take to eliminate carbon emissions by 2050 and make Portlanders more resilient, especially communities of color and those most at-risk and vulnerable to impacts of climate change.

BPS's Climate Policy and Programs team helps Portland meet its climate commitments by focusing on a just and equitable transition to a clean, inclusive, emissions-free economy and community.

Embodied carbon is a climate change issue involving GHG emissions from the consumption of goods, building materials and food. Building materials account for 13% of annual global emissions, so reducing embodied carbon in the built environment is a priority to reach net-zero carbon by 2050.

Tool used to visualize Portland’s path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Visualization of Portland’s path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Portland and Multnomah County have been tracking local carbon emission for more than 30 years, using an annual sector-based emissions inventory.

Below are frequently asked questions about the Renewable Fuel Standard. This page will be updated during program development and rulemaking to address new questions or comments.