Fort Lauderdale Net Zero Plan 2025

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  13

Science-Based GHG Reduction Targets Recognizing the need for action in reducing GHG emissions, Fort Lauderdale joined the ICLEI150 Race to Zero campaign in early 2022, taking its place with 13 other cities in the country and 52 cities across the globe to develop and make proactive, responsible step to battle climate change. ICLEI provided the City with technical support to set a 2030 interim science-based GHG emissions target. The City aspires to meet the 2030 science-based target. However, it also acknowledges that achieving the goal is extremely unlikely in the five years left before 2030 even if the City implemented all the strategies and actions described in this Plan. Reaching that goal would require dramatic changes at the federal and international levels, which at present are unlikely to happen in the next five years. The City’s participation in the Race to Zero campaign shows its commitment to recognize its role and responsibility to act with others to move toward net zero. The 2030 goal, although elusive, serves as a motivating force for Fort Lauderdale and other cities in the United States and around the globe to work to reach net zero. The methodology for developing the Race to Zero goal and the resulting targets are detailed in Chapter 2.

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