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Net Zero by 2050 A Priority List for Climate Action in New Orleans | Mayor's Office of Resilience and Sustainability

Net Zero by 2050

Download the Climate Action strategy

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Our seas are rising.

Data Source: Louisiana 2017 Coastal Master Plan, Coastal Protection & Restoration Authority

We are experiencing more hot days.

Data Source: U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit, Climate Explorer, https://toolkit.climate.gov/climate-explorer2/.

We're taking action to reduce our impact

Economy

  • Divest city’s investments in fossil fuels and Invest in clean energy and climate solutions
  • Establish a regional green bank with Finance New Orleans (FNO)
  • Promote sustainable business practices and jobs
  • Make climate action data available for analysis and action

Energy

  • Clean our grid
  • Generate more clean energy locally
  • Use less energy in our buildings

Transportation

  • Diversify our travel choices to increase nonauto trips
  • Increase share of zero-emissions vehicles on our roads

Waste

  • Improve recycling rates through education and infrastructure

Adaptation

  • Build additional green infrastructure
  • Increase resilience of our energy and water infrastructure

Greenhouse gas inventory

Check back here in early 2023 for the City’s updated Greenhouse Gas Inventory

Economy

Strategies

  • Divest city’s investments in fossil fuels and Invest in clean energy and climate solutions
  • Establish a regional green bank with Finance New Orleans (FNO)
  • Promote sustainable business practices and jobs
  • Make climate action data available for analysis and action

Goals

  • Divest the City’s investments in fossil fuels by 2025
  • $1B invested with Finance New Orleans by 2030
  • Sustainable contracting policy by 2024

Energy

Strategies

  • Clean our grid
  • Generate more clean energy locally
  • Use less energy in our buildings

Goals

  • 100% clean energy by 2035
  • 255 megawatts local solar by 2030
  • Building performance standard ordinance by 2024

Transportation

Strategies

  • Diversify our travel choices to increase nonauto trips
  • Increase share of zero-emissions vehicles on our roads

Goals

  • 50% non-automobile trips by 2030
  • 75 miles of low-stress bike ways by 2025
  • 40% of passenger & light-duty vehicles are electric by 2035

Waste

Strategy

  • Improve recycling rates through education and infrastructure

Goals

  • 25% diversion rate by 2030
  • Solid waste master plan by 2024

Adaptation

Strategies

  • Build additional green infrastructure
  • Increase resilience of our energy and water infrastructure

Goal

  • 80M gallons of stormwater diverted via green infrastructure by 2035
  • 40,000 trees planted by 2030
  • Microgrid pilot by 2025

Net Zero by 2050

Download the 2022 Climate Action strategy

Download the PDF

Download the 2017 Climate Action strategy

Download the PDF


MAYOR'S OFFICE OF RESILIENCE AND SUSTAINABILITY
City of New Orleans