2030 CLIMATE ACTION & ADAPTATION PLAN

WHAT IS A CLIMATE ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN (CAAP)?

A Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) is a comprehensive road map that outlines the activities and informs the decisions that an agency will undertake to achieve reductions in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, as well as develop comprehensive adaptation and resilience strategies to respond to the growing impacts of climate change.

Today, the Yolo County Climate Action Commission (YCCAC) is charged with guiding the development and implementation of a new 2030 CAAP, that will chart a path toward achieving a Countywide goal of reaching net-negative Carbon emissions by 2030, and ensuring vulnerable, marginalized, and historically underserved communities are centered in the process.

View the history of climate action and adaptation planning in Yolo County.

The 2030 Yolo County Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP)
The 2011 Yolo County Climate Action Plan (CAP)

Resolution No. 20-114, passed and adopted by Yolo County Board of Supervisors in September 2020, declared a climate crisis and acknowledged that the COVID19 pandemic has exacerbated social and economic disparities in communities. It stated that these issues required an immediate mobilization of resources to affect a just transition towards an inclusive, equitable, sustainable, and resilient local economy while also supporting and advocating for regional, national, and international efforts necessary to reverse the climate, social justice, and economic crises.

The resolution directed the creation of the Yolo County Climate Action Commission, which was charged with advising on the development and implementation of a new Countywide Climate Action and Adaptation Plan to become carbon negative, by 2030. Development of the 2030 CAAP kicked off in Fall 2023, and implementation will begin in 2024.

Learn more about the Yolo County Climate Action Commission and early action projects.

GOALS & OBJECTIVES OF THE 2030 CAAP

The goals and objectives of the 2030 Climate Action and Adaptation Plan are as follows, but are flexible to updates during the development of the plan:

Develop strong partnerships in the CAAP process with the County’s communities, including the agricultural sector (including farmers and farmworkers), Tribes, businesses, youth, marginalized groups, and other County communities;

Center equity and a Just Transition in all CAAP processes and outcomes;
Use best available and publicly accessible science;
Create an approach which takes regional goals and neighboring jurisdictions activities into account, and allows the County to work across jurisdictions to support the CAAP;
Promote health, equity, and holistic resilience in every step of the process;
Create an ambitious and achievable CAAP, with a focus on implementation that will reach the goal of being carbon negative by 2030;

Create a CAAP that reflects the unique role Yolo County plays in the region, including the carbon sequestration benefits of agriculture and the value of agriculture to the regional economy.

RECENT EFFORTS

Yolo County recently updated its greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory. The 2018 Technical Report shows that between 2008 and 2016 the County decreased its GHG inventory by 8%. This reduction does not include the GHG savings from Valley Clean Energy Alliance (VCEA), as that data was not yet available in 2016.
View the 2018 Technical Report.