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Environmental Checklist Greenhouse Gas Emissions Final Initial Study – Negative Declaration 53 forest fires, and more frequent and severe drought years.64 Although GHG emissions do not typically cause direct health impacts at a local level, GHG emissions can result in indirect health impacts by contributing to climate change, which can have public health implications. The primary public health impacts of climate change include the following:  Increased incidences of hospitalization and deaths due to increased incidences of extreme heat events;  Increased incidences of health impacts related to ground-level ozone pollution due to increased average temperatures that facilitate ozone formation;  Increased incidences of respiratory illnesses from wildfire smoke due to increased incidences of wildfires;  Increased vector-borne diseases due to the growing extent of warm climates; and  Increased stress and mental trauma due to extreme events and disasters, economic disruptions, and residential displacement.65 Pleasanton has completed a communitywide GHG emissions inventory for 2017, which is summarized in Table 1. The transportation sector was the largest contributor to Pleasanton’s GHG emissions, followed by the energy sector. Figure 3 and Table 4 summarize the communitywide GHG emissions forecast under three scenarios: 1) business-as-usual projections, 2) business-as-usual projections with State measures, and 3) the City of Pleasanton target reduction path along with State measures. As shown therein, under the business-as-usual scenario, communitywide GHG emissions are forecasted to increase to approximately 646,644 MT of CO2e (7.79 MT of CO2e per capita) by the year 2030, based on anticipated economic and population growth. However, with implementation of State laws and programs, communitywide GHG emissions would decline to approximately 456,717 MT of CO2e (5.5 MT of CO2e per capita) by 2030. Furthermore, implementation of the CAP 2.0 alongside State laws and programs would reduce communitywide GHG emissions to approximately 336,398 MT of CO2e (4.05 MT of CO2e per capita) by 2030. The strategies included in the CAP 2.0 combined with State-wide legislation and initiatives and Countywide transportation programs will enable the City of Pleasanton to meet its per capita emissions reduction target of 70 percent below 1990 levels (a 51 percent reduction in communitywide emissions) by 2030, exceeding the California Senate Bill 32 target for 2030 to reduce total GHG emissions 40 percent below 1990 levels. The City needs to achieve a GHG emissions reduction from 2030 BAU levels of 231,947 MT of CO2e to meet the SB 32 target. The total estimated GHG reductions from 2030 BAU levels that would be achieved by the CAP 2.0 along with State-wide legislation and initiatives total 310,246 MT of CO2e by 2030 and would exceed the SB 32 requirements. Because SB 32 is considered an interim target toward meeting the 2045 State goal of carbon neutrality, implementation of the CAP 2.0 would also be considered substantial progress toward meeting the State’s long-term 2045 goal. Avoiding interference with and making substantial progress toward these long-term State targets are important, because these targets have been set at levels that achieve California’s fair share of international emissions reduction targets that will stabilize global climate change effects and help avoid the associated adverse environmental consequences. 64 CARB and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA). 2009. Environmental Health and Equity Impacts from Climate Change and Mitigation Policies in California: A Review of the Literature. Available: <http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.386.4605&rep=rep1&type=pdf>. Accessed October 14, 2021. 65 California Natural Resources Energy. 2018. California’s Fourth Climate Change Assessment Statewide Summary Report. Available: <http://www.climateassessment.ca.gov/state/>. Accessed October 18, 2021.