Building a Climate-Friendly and Climate-Safe Community. Jim Lopez, Deputy Chief of Staff Global Warming Action Team Lead

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1 Building a Climate-Friendly and Climate-Safe Community Jim Lopez, Deputy Chief of Staff Global Warming Action Team Lead

2 An Idea Ahead of Its Time: The Office of Global Warming

3 Not So Fast! HOT-AIR GLUT -- COUNTY DOESN'T NEED A `GREENHOUSE' OFFICE Seattle Times Editorial, page A-8 September 7, 1988 IF THE greenhouse effect is exacerbated by political hot air, the world is in real trouble. The hyperbolic clouds of rhetorical gas belched out on this issue in recent weeks could easily choke someone - or at least cloud the vision of otherwise rational people. If Sims and Laing want to study the greenhouse effect, they should buy themselves some tomato plants and a bag of steer manure - which shouldn't be at all hard for such experienced politicians to find.

4 Without perseverance, talent is a barren bed Welsh Proverb Wednesday, July 12, 2006 Global warming: They're not laughing at Ron Sims now By Keith Ervin Seattle Times staff reporter Now county executive, Sims has set up a climateresponse planning team and no one is laughing. The key is to listen to scientists, not politicians. Ron Sims, US News and World Report June 5, 2006

5 King County Global Warming Action Team Interdepartmental Executive Action Team for Global Warming Preparedness Executive Office / Office of Management and Budget Jim Lopez, Deputy Chief of Staff, Team Lead Elizabeth Willmott, Executive Fellow Rod Brandon, Director of Environmental Sustainability Maura Brueger, Senior Advisor for Federal Relations Karen Wolf, Senior Executive Policy Analyst Carolyn Duncan, Communications Director Helene Ellickson, Budget Supervisor Chris Bushnell, Economist Sabra Schneider, Senior Web Developer Department of Natural Resources and Parks Pam Bissonnette, Director Bob Burns, Deputy Director Dave Monthie, Regional Water Policy Analyst Jane Lamensdorf-Bucher, Regional Water Planning Program Manager Don Theiler, Manager, Wastewater Treatment Division Doug Howell, Special Projects Manager, Air Quality and Climate Initiative Jim Simmonds, Water Quality and Quantity Unit Supervisor Noel Treat, Policy and Government Relations Officer, Director s Office, DNRP John Willenbacher, Energy Manager, Director s Office, DNRP Lori Moen, Energy and Resources Conservation Program Manager Beth Humphreys, Senior Planner, Solid Waste Division Katie Spataro, Solid Waste Division Green Building Program Project Manager Patti Southard, Solid Waste Division Steve Foley, Water and Land Resources, Senior Engineer Logan Harris, Communications Specialist Department of Transportation Gary Prince, Senior Project Manager in the Director s Office Jim Boon, Vehicle Maintenance Manager of Metro Transit Windell Mitchell, Division Director of Fleet Administration Christina O Claire, Transportation Planner Rochelle Ogershok, Public Affairs Coordinator, DOT Department of Development and Environmental Services Harry Reinert, Special Projects Manager, Director s Office of DDES Cynthia Moffitt, Land Use Services Division, Project Manager Todd Hurley, Land Use Services Division, Earth Scientist Mike Dykeman, Director of Building Services Joe Miles, Land Use Services Division Director Office of Business Relations and Economic Development Doug Eglington, Business Relations and Economic Development Julia Larson, Business Relations and Economic Development Department of Public Health Dr. Ngozi Oleru, Director of Environmental Health Anne Bikle, Public Health Planner in the Environmental Health Division Department of Executive Services Jim Burt, General Government CIP Supervisor Bud Parker, ADMS - CIP Supervisor, Facilities Management Division Jim Napolitano, Major Projects Manager Mike Stachowiak, Chief Engineer Bob Williams, Facilities and Maintenance Division Senior Financial Analyst Charged with reviewing every county business line, operation and capital plan to identify challenges and opportunities and to recommend concrete actions for mitigation and adaptation

6 THE CRITICAL ROLE OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS PART 1: GHG MITIGATION STRATEGIES Mitigation Stabilizing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by reducing emissions across sectors

7 KING COUNTY CLIMATE PLAN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS REGIONAL TARGETS AND ACTION STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

8 THE U.S. MAYORS CLIMATE PROTECTION AGREEMENT 300 Mayors, representing more than 50 million Americans have signed The U.S. Mayors Climate Protection Agreement.

9 KING COUNTY S S LEVERS OF CHANGE TRANSPORTATION LAND USE, BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

10 TRANSPORTATION TRANSIT NOW Expands Metro Transit service by 15 percent to 20 percent over the next 10 years. More than 50,000 cars a day off our busy streets.

11 49 THINGS TRANSPORTATION

12 TRANSPORTATION AIRPORT FOR TRAIL SWAP

13 LUTAQH LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT

14 LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT FOREST PRESERVATION PROGRAM

15 CLEAN ENERGY AND FUELS

16 CLEAN ENERGY AND FUELS LAND FILL WASTE TO ENERGY PROGRAM

17 THE CRITICAL ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PART 2: BUILDING CLIMATE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES Adaptation Ensuring the resilience of communities to the consequences of inevitable climate change

18 RECLAIMED WATER

19 FLOOD CONTROL ZONING DISTRICT

20 LIKE EATING AND DRINKING Mitigation Stabilizing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere by reducing emissions across sectors Adaptation Ensuring the resilience of communities to the consequences of inevitable climate change Both require sound policy strategies and political will

21 THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ACTION Power comes in two forms: organized people and organized money. -Ernesto Cortes, Jr.

22 TAKING OUR WORK TO THE WORLD! Guidebook on how to adapt with the Climate Impacts Group at the University of Washington and ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability 193 local governments in the United States, representing 60 million Americans 770 local governments worldwide Urban Leaders Initiative ICLEI Biodiversity Program

23 Life's most persistent and urgent question is - What are you doing for others? Martin Luther King, Jr

24 Do regional governments really make a difference? Do community partners make a difference? YES ABSOLUTELY YES Contact info: jim.lopez@metrokc.gov (206)