Supporting Local Climate Action Planning

Since the late 2000s, EPIC has been supporting development of local climate action plans (CAPs) by completing greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, estimating the GHG reduction potential of policies and programs, and conducting cost analyses to determine the impact to city budget and residents and businesses.

Local Climate Action Planning Map

The following map shows the current and proposed CAPs for each city in the San Diego Region, as well as their CAP baseline years, adoption status, and latest adoption year. Click below to see interactive map and each city for details.

EPIC’s Most Recent Climate Planning Projects:

City of San Diego

EPIC has worked with the City of San Diego to compile annual progress monitoring metrics to measure progress towards the City’s 2022 CAP goals.

City of Encinitas

EPIC is currently supporting the City of Encinitas’s effort to update its CAP. For this project, EPIC completed an analysis of GHG reductions by measure, a cost analysis of costs to estimate the impact to the City budget as well as a benefit-cost analysis across stakeholders.

City of Imperial Beach

EPIC recently supported the preliminary efforts of City of Imperial Beach’s to understand the progress towards their 2019 CAP, and compile suggested measures for their upcoming CAP update.

City of Carlsbad

EPIC recently supported City of Carlsbad’s effort to update its CAP. For this project, EPIC completed a GHG inventory, estimated GHG reductions from policies and programs, and completed an Implementation Cost Analysis to estimate the impact to the City budget of implementing CAP measures. City of Carlsbad adopted its 2024 CAP Update on November 12, 2024.

City of Solana Beach

EPIC recently supported City of Solana Beach’s effort to update its CAP. For this project, EPIC completed a GHG inventory, estimated GHG reductions from policies and programs, and completed an Implementation Cost Analysis to estimate the impact to the City budget of implementing CAP measures. City of Solana Beach adopted its 2024 CAP Update on October 9, 2024.