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City of Pleasanton Pleasanton Climate Action Plan 2.0 54 The CAP 2.0 includes a list of 25 actions intended to reduce communitywide GHG emissions. Implementation of the CAP 2.0 would result in the reduction of communitywide operational GHG emissions, while only generating temporary GHG emissions during construction of infrastructure such as EV charging stations and building energy and water efficiency upgrades. Additionally, the CAP 2.0 would serve as a pathway to reduce GHG emissions and introduce other beneficial environmental and sustainability effects. These benefits include reduction in building energy consumption, vehicle miles traveled (and thus air pollution), and solid waste generation. Therefore, the CAP 2.0 would result in a less-than-significant impact related to generation of GHG emissions. b. Would the project conflict with any applicable plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases? The CARB 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan outlines a pathway to achieving the 2030 reduction targets set under SB 32, which are considered interim targets toward meeting the long-term 2045 carbon neutrality goal established by EO B-55-18. The CAP 2.0 is a policy-level document that sets strategies to reduce GHG emissions within the City in an effort to also comply with State regulations. As discussed under Response 8a. above, the CAP 2.0 includes strategies that would reduce Pleasanton GHG emissions from forecasted business-as-usual levels to approximately 336,398 MT of CO2e (4.051 MT of CO2e per capita) by 2030. The purpose of the CAP 2.0 is to meet Pleasanton’s proportionate fair share of the Statewide GHG emissions reduction target set by SB 32 and work toward the State’s longer-term target of carbon neutrality identified in California Executive Order B-55-18. The CAP 2.0 would not conflict with any applicable GHG reduction plans, including the CARB 2017 Climate Change Scoping Plan. The CAP 2.0 identifies how Pleasanton would achieve consistency with the Statewide GHG emissions limit. The CAP 2.0 would serve as a pathway to reduce GHG emissions and introduce other beneficial environmental and sustainability effects. These benefits include reduction in building energy consumption, vehicle miles traveled (and thus air pollution), and solid waste generation. Therefore, the CAP 2.0 would result in a no impact related to consistency with applicable GHG emissions reduction plans, policies, and regulations. Cumulative Impacts The cumulative projects scenario is overall General Plan buildout for Pleasanton in 2025 plus Pleasanton population projections through 2045. Analyses of GHG emissions and climate change are cumulative in nature, as they affect the accumulation of GHG emissions in the atmosphere. Cumulative projects anticipated under Pleasanton General Plan buildout that exceed the thresholds discussed above would have a significant impact related to GHG emissions and climate change, both individually and cumulatively. The CAP 2.0 creates a GHG emissions reduction strategy (consistent with Section 15183.5 of the CEQA Guidelines) for Pleasanton. The CAP 2.0 also includes a series of actions that are intended to reduce per capita GHG emissions by approximately 70 percent below 1990 levels (a 51 percent reduction in communitywide emissions) by 2030, which provides substantial progress toward Pleasanton meeting State goals. As such, the CAP 2.0 would result in the reduction of GHG emissions rather than generating GHG emissions. Some GHG emissions would occur during construction of CAP 2.0-specific infrastructure projects; however, these emissions would be temporary and minor in nature. Therefore, implementation of the CAP 2.0 would result in a less-than-significant cumulative impact related to GHG emissions.